The console wars were seriously so entertaining back then, those times are forever gone.

Wanna start the "if" game? Nintendo is eager to play :)

Back then was the real console wars backed with fanboy support. Forums were in flames with fanboys at each other's throats. But it was both fun behind the consoles and away from it.

I aggree with you 100%.

I joined gaming site like gametrailers (of blessed memory) in 2006 and it was so entertaining esp. during E3 and NPD monthly result, Fire for fire.

The 7th gen console wars were epic. Looking back on it now I almost kind of miss it. Here's a bit of nostalgia for those who remember some of the other internet worthy releases to come from it.

PS3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R98qC0fd_1w

Xbox360 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzIAYszH_X4

Wii - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrjQ7joYHi0

Console wars back then were stupid and dumb

It was annouced before that they were aiming at an end 2005 release but yeah a few delays.

An interesting fact, Fishie a personal Belgian Friend who is also a freenlancer (and a vgchartz member for a short time) was one of the few people who played the PS3 early and his report made it basically on every site:

An industry insider who goes by the name Fishie (how very appropriate) says that he got some hands-on time with Playstation 3 games in Japan and wasn’t too happy with what he saw.

From his comments:

PS3 Info Before I Head Out Of Japan Friday Towards Noon, Thats Tokyo time. Have fun waiting a while longer boys. No way that thing is coming out in March. The games just arent there and lots of other isseus I cant delve into right now.

http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/21142/rumor-is-sony-is-having-ps3-development-problems/

Another fun fact, after his report he wasn't welcome at sony for years but the PS4 team invited him again and he was more postive this time and now works for sony Benelux.

Well, that's one way of getting a job at Sony I guess!!

Do you have articles that go into more detail on this?

Surprised people didn't know what Microsoft and Sony's reason to join the industry. Here is a quote  for Xbox

"So we go into the meeting and four o'clock Valentine's Day--Bill walks in he's holding a Powerpoint deck and yells, 'This is the blanking insult to everything I've done at this company' and that was the start, so we all looked at [Xbox director and designer J Allard] because we knew Bill's mad about the no Windows thing, because we forgot to 'pre-disaster' him, so J is in shock for a minute and Bill yells at me and shuts me down and Robbie steps up and Bill shuts him down anyway, and then Ballmer goes through and says we're gonna lose a lot of money and he's beating us up about that, hours go by its five o clock, its six o clock, it's Valentines Day! Most of us have something going on!  "

So we spent years working on this and looking at each other and convincing them this is the best plan, so finally one of the observers at the meeting just raises his hand and says, 'What about Sony?' and he says, 'Sony is slowly invading the living room with a processor here software there, they could be a threat to Microsoft.' So Bill and Steve stop and look at each other and go, 'Yeah...what about Sony?' And so Bill turns and says, 'I'm going to give you guys everything you want' and Ballmer repeats the same thing. And I turn to Robbie and say, 'That was the weirdest meeting I've ever been in.'"

Here is one for Sony as well. 
- Kutaragi said his plans would focus on everything but video games 
- Maruyama told everyone it was Nintendo's fault completely, which he knew not to be the case 
- Kutaragi was also stirring up trouble and talking to Sony about how Nintendo ruined their honor
- Kutaragi made the whole thing out to bigger than it really was, trying to use the situation to further his own ambitions