The 2020s kicked off with the launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, two powerful machines that brought ray tracing, ultra-fast SSDs, and 4K gaming at 60fps as standard.
Nintendo continued its path with the Switch OLED and later the long-awaited Switch 2, maintaining its hybrid approach that has won over millions of players.
Valve surprised everyone with the Steam Deck, proving that portable PC gaming has a bright future, while Sony and Microsoft expanded their ecosystems with PlayStation Portal and cloud gaming services.
The lines between console generations blurred, with cross-gen releases dominating the early years and true next-gen experiences arriving in force.
Sony's fifth PlayStation console launched on November 12, 2020 with two models: a standard edition with a disk drive and a digital edition without.
Playdate is a handheld designed by Panic. It has unique controls, a 'season' of games and is an open development platform.
The fourth Xbox console from Microsoft launched on November 10, 2020 with two distinct models; Series X and Series S.
Evercade is a handheld console that plays cartridge-based collections of retro 8-bit,16-bit, and 32-bit games. An almost completely backward-compatible home console, the Evercade Vs., released in late 2021.
The Atari VCS is billed as a "PC/Console Hybrid," with the console side having its own online storefront and a selection of games and apps.
