Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! A little late to the party, but Trev and Stu finally celebrate the 20th birthday of the greatest Xbox of all time—the Xbox 360! Released in November 2005, the 360 pioneered a host of features that would become industry-standard: built-in online play, DLC, achievements, robust multimedia support, wireless controllers, a full digital marketplace, and much more. In this episode:
🎮 How Xbox 360 changed the industry: From achievements to digital distribution, the features that set the template for modern consoles.
💸 Speculation on the upcoming Steam Machine’s potential high price
🌀 Stu’s thoughts on Metroid Prime 4
🛠️ Reacting to the early reveals of Xbox 360 hardware and launch-window games
🕹️ Why the Xbox 360 wireless controller was (and still is) legendary
🔴 The Red Ring of Death — and how Xbox survived one of gaming’s biggest hardware crises
🕺 Did the Kinect spark the decline of the Xbox brand?
📀 Surprisingly solid backward compatibility with the OG Xbox
⬇️ How digital downloads revived short, 2D-style games via Xbox Live Arcade
Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Turn The Page (Tutorial Theme) – Ridge Racer Type 4 (1998) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo
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