508: Episode 508 Preview: Gaming in the Year 2003

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Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

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🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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0:54.9	Let's move on to the state of consoles in 2003. So I broke them all down in 2002,
0:59.0	but there's no need to do this this year because there are fewer actively supported consoles and
1:03.6	B it's a year of very boring stability. So the GameCube is definitely in last place out of the big
1:09.1	three. America this year will receive a polarizing Zelda game. It will help a little bit, but it will
1:13.6	mostly cause people to fight online. The PS2 is absolutely dominating to the point where Grand Theft Auto
1:18.9	Vice City a game from last year is one of the highest selling games for this year. So that's what's
1:24.4	happening with the PS2. And then it comes to Xbox. It comes to Xbox slightly and that was a big
1:30.6	moment when it came to Xbox. Yeah, Grand Theft Auto 3 comes to Xbox this year. I don't know about
1:36.0	Vice City. I don't remember, but there was a wait. The GTA series does obviously have legs. If you
1:43.6	look at GTA 5 now, it's been in the charts for like probably coming on a decade. Yes, I don't know
1:48.4	when it came out on PS3. Oh, yeah, it'll be a decade in September. GTA 5 this year probably made
1:53.9	more money than all but like five video games. I don't think. Yeah, consoles. So other business
2:00.1	news in the game industry, Square and Enix finally merged. They were going to around the year 2000,
2:04.9	but then Square almost went out of business making a bad movie. But then they made more money with
2:10.5	Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy X and Enix was like, Hey, you're seeing pretty cool. Let's work
2:13.6	together again. They become Square Enix, which causes all to say Square Enix and Right Square Enix
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