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No one said Console until like 2007
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:49 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria I know the word was out there but no one said it here or irl:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zsyS7U3ogUk
It arose from internet discourse imo. like game journalists wanted a word to use. A lot of the early organic use was from PC gamers trying to use a word that sounded lame iirc. |
Date: July 21st, 2025 7:50 AM Author: Supple iridescent set If you actually played video games what term do you think would have used to refer to them when you were a kid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118232) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:53 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria https://i.redd.it/wb9k655c6ija1.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GptNdcIWwAAKcO5.jpg:large
https://i.etsystatic.com/7465716/r/il/b01e2a/690018974/il_794xN.690018974_tnkz.jpg |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:50 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZHDdjDWAg
“Change the System” not “Change the Console” |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:55 AM Author: Lascivious orange rigpig If only you knew. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118237) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:10 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria Redditors will dig up some Atari article from 1977 but the point is you can’t find anyone saying it organically. The use of the word “system” is being scrubbed.
https://www.segasaturnshiro.com/2021/09/06/next-generation-the-complete-saturn-story/
“Pssst… wanna buy a game system?”
lol @ may ‘97 |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:11 AM Author: Lascivious orange rigpig The more similar that “systems” became to “PCs”, the more Losers tried to differentiate them. Hence, the Console was born imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118247) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:14 AM Author: vermilion parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118252) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 9:04 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria Imho it was a confluence of factors. Gaming Vernacular always has to be the worst and dumbest word possible because that’s what gamers are essentially — the most Losery people. Other examples include:
“Gameplay” “Going gold” to refer to the game being finished with development Constantly talking about the State of Gaming Calling games “Titles” to avoid the ignominy of taking about games Wii Wii U Xbox
PC Nerds influenced this as well. They want Consoles to sound lame so they call them Consoles. Console gamers were only too happy to oblige them. |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:13 AM Author: Lascivious orange rigpig BTW the PlayStation had so many games you never knew about. I’m just learning about this one: https://youtu.be/LTJP5mCcnFg?si=FzSUsQSoERa3szps (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118250) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:15 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria Same is true of Saturn and PS2 and the rest. Everything but Nintendo systems where you kind of know what it has except JP-only. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118253) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:18 AM Author: Dashing jew I always referred to my nintendo as my "nintendo entertainment system" as a kid. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118254) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:42 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria You’re Gen X so you called it Nintendo SNES was Super Nintendo A lot called Genesis a “Sega” but idk if that was proles only |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:43 AM Author: Dashing jew Don't speak for my gen, kiddo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118275) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 9:01 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria Your Gen is a Joke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118301) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:54 AM Author: Charismatic French Chef Crackhouse It was always "System" IIRC
Or "do you have Nintendo or Sega?" |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:56 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria System: https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9609917696/h14FA2F1C/gaming-system-detochable-20gb-hard-drive-wireless-game-controller-headset-remote-control-etherne (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118289) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:57 AM Author: dead regret and now we have the Last Console upon us. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118290) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:58 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria System: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/AAoAAeSwrcxoawL9/s-l1200.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118294) |
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Date: July 21st, 2025 9:00 AM Author: white patrolman school cafeteria System: https://a.storyblok.com/f/178900/599x733/6d6f5862d5/c9e307379b43b087b7ec9b63825b66771367791245_full.jpg/m/599x733 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5752903&forum_id=2Reputation#49118300) |