Well, December 2012 is upon us, and the 8th Generation of Home Consoles is well and truly here, now that Nintendo and Sega have made their contributions.
For those not familiar with the most recent home consoles, a quick roundup...
First, we have the 'Apple iPlay', released last year. Games are downloaded from the new 'iGames' site, much like MP3s and 'iTunes'. Haven't played one, so I can't say much about it.
Also released last year is the '3DO-M5', the fifth (and rumoured to be the last) of the 3DO line. Produced mainly by Panasonic, with other versions manufactured by companies like Samsung, Sony and LG.
Next, we have last-month's big release, the 'Nintendo Revol2tion', the HD successor to the Revolution. Not much I can say about this that hasn't already been said elsewhere (still not sure about the name though - 'Revol-two-shun'?)
Finally, we have Sega's contribution, released earlier this month, the 'Sega Starchaser', successor to the 'Dreamstar. Haven't seen much of this one yet, but it's been confirmed that it's backwards-compatible with Dreamstar and Dreamcast games.
So, any thoughts on what is essentially the final home console lineup for the next few years (unless Microsoft finally release that 'DirectX-Box' they've been working on the last decade, of course). Which will you be getting, if any?