Clash of the consoles

The gaming landscape isn’t so much a gradual evolution as a series of sudden, sharp, generational leaps. Every time a new console is launched, an entirely new scene and precedent is set.

And just about everyone who’s anyone has come along for the ride. In the early 2000s, console launches were red-carpet affairs, where celebrities like Snoop Dogg and the Sprouse twins rolled up (with parental permission