Over the years,
multiple console manufacturers have eventually ceased production of their older consoles, but it often comes several months or even years after a new one has launched.
Not exact matches
One possible explanation is that games
consoles have never had their «commoditisation» moment: there's only one
manufacturer for each, whereas there are
multiple makers of PCs and smartphones.
There had been experiments with online play for
consoles before Xbox Live — playing online through the Dreamcast was a high point — but this was the first time a
console manufacturer would try to introduce an online infrastructure that could support
multiple games in a simple, cohesive way across the entire platform.