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PlayStation Vita Forever: The Complete Story of the Perfect Handheld Nobody Bought
The perfect spec sheet, the memory-card tax, Persona 4 Golden and Vita Island: the complete story of the best handheld that ever failed.
Author: Hank Mercer
Hardware desk. If it has a cartridge slot, an FPGA board or a weird controller, Hank has opened it up and put it back together — usually better. Writes the gear reviews and hardware spotlights.
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PSP Forever: The Complete Story of the Walkman of the Games Age
The Walkman of the 21st century: 80 million sold, a Japanese phenomenon, a piracy war, and the download-only future arriving five years early. The complete PSP story.
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Xbox 360 Forever: The Complete Story of the Year Head Start
A year early, $200 cheaper, and dead in a third of homes: the Red Ring, Kinect’s comet, and the generation Microsoft nearly won outright. The complete Xbox 360 story.
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PlayStation 3 Forever: The Complete Story of the $599 Gamble
$599, a supercomputer chip, a format war won from inside a games console, and the finest first-party second act in history. The complete story of the PlayStation 3 – the most contradictory console ever made.
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Odyssey² Forever: The Complete Story of the Keyboard Console
A keyboard in the console, board games in the box, a talking module, and the lawsuit that defined game copyright. The complete story of the Magnavox Odyssey² – Philips’ literate answer to the Atari age.
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Wii Forever: The Complete Story of the Revolution Everyone Played
It won its generation with a television remote: 101.63 million sold, Wii Sports in every living room, and an audience that vanished as fast as it came. The complete Wii story.
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Xbox Forever: The Complete Story of the Big Black Box
24 million sold, four billion lost – and the hard drive, the Ethernet port and Xbox Live that every console now copies. The complete story of the original Xbox, the most consequential loser in console history.
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Arcade Forever: The Complete Story of the Coin-Op Kingdom
Twenty-five cents a life: the golden age, the crash, the Street Fighter II resurrection and the barcade revival. The complete story of the arcade – the original platform that taught games everything they know.
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PlayStation 2 Forever: The Complete Story of the Best-Selling Console in History
More than 160 million sold, 4,000 games, thirteen years in production. The complete story of the PlayStation 2: the Emotion Engine, the DVD Trojan horse, and the library that swallowed an industry whole.
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3DO Forever: The Complete Story of the $699 Revolution
Trip Hawkins’ open-standard revolution: one console built by Panasonic, GoldStar and Sanyo, launched at $699, and vindicated by history. The complete 3DO story – the library, the price trap, and the M2 that never was.