No one said Console until like 2007
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:49 AM Author: Hairraiser frozen area
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.
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Date: July 21st, 2025 7:50 AM Author: Hairraiser frozen area
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZHDdjDWAg
“Change the System” not “Change the Console”
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Date: July 21st, 2025 8:10 AM Author: Hairraiser frozen area
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 9:04 AM Author: Hairraiser frozen area
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 8:54 AM Author: Irradiated hall death wish
It was always "System" IIRC
Or "do you have Nintendo or Sega?"
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