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Judge Castle rules on the best and worst console launches, starting with the PSone and ending with the PS5. That’s 20 in total!

Thanks to Michael ‘BanyaBat’ Butter for the edits. This week’s music is from the Battle Arena Toshinden soundtrack by Yasuhiro Nakano.

ConsoleEU Launch DateVerdict
PlayStation29 September 1995Acquitted
Nintendo 64March 1, 1997Acquitted
DreamcastOctober 14, 1999Acquitted
PlayStation 224 November 2000Fired into the Sun
Game Boy AdvanceJune 22, 2001Acquitted
XboxMarch 14, 2002Acquitted
GameCube3 May 2002Acquitted
Nintendo DSMarch 11, 2005Fired into the Sun
PlayStation PortableApril 11, 2005Fired into the Sun
Xbox 360December 2, 2005Fired into the Sun
WiiDecember 8, 2006Fired into the Sun
PlayStation 3March 23, 2007Fired into the Sun
Nintendo 3DSMarch 25, 2011Fired into the Sun
PlayStation VitaFebruary 22, 2012Fired into the Sun
Wii UNovember 30, 2012Acquitted
Xbox OneNovember 22, 2013Fired into the Sun
PlayStation 4November 29, 2013Fired into the Sun
Nintendo SwitchMarch 3, 2017Acquitted
Xbox Series XNovember 10, 2020Fired into the Sun
PlayStation 5November 19, 2020Acquitted