Out now: RETURN magazine no. 62 with my essay on #BASIC dialects for 1970s and 1980s #GameConsoles and a review for Jörn Cölschs book "Dark Side of #C64 #Games":

http://www.simulationsraum.de/blog/2025/08/14/return-62/

Rumors of the day are saying the next Xbox will be coming out in 2027 instead of 2026 as had been long rumored. I wonder if this means UDNA (formerly RDNA 5) has been pushed back too?

#xbox #amd #radeon #udna #gamingRumors #gameHardware #gameConsoles #nextGen

Trying my hand at some YouTube shorts. This first one is about when the Switch 2 might come out, based on a few different factors.

This is a condensed down version of my original video where I made the prediction. It's linked in the description

https://youtube.com/shorts/UxjnZ_U5cbs

#switch2 #nintendo #switch2releaseDate #gaming #gamingPredictions #gameConsoles #handheldGaming #nintendoSwitch

The reason we don't have #BigBoxPackaging for #Games anymore is due to #GameConsoles:

• With the rise of the #PS2 & #Xbox360, the "#DVD #JewelCase" became the norm and #EconomiesOfScale kicked in.

• Also #OnlineStores kicked off and #Retail demanded more efficient #ShelfSpace and was unwilling to accept bigger boxes than for DVDs.

It's the same reason #BluRay, #HDDVD & #HDVMD (LOL!) have almost identical packaging and why we get super cursed packaging like a 24-disc case that is barely triple-wide...

• Also packaging games in colours like green [ #Xbox ], blue/white [ #PlayStation ] red [#Nintendo], violet [Xbox 360 #Kinect], black/transparent [#Windows-#PC] made it way easier to distinguish for consumers even from a distance where they can't read the spine and identify the logo.