4 Classic Video Game Consoles Before the PlayStation and Xbox Era Photo : Screenshot from Nintendo's Official YouTube Channel The latest versions of the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, which are the PS5 and the Xbox Series X and S, respectively, have just hit the stores earlier this November. And both consoles are labeled "out of stock" on some of the countries where their mother companies, the Sony for PS5 and Microsoft for Xbox have released their own line of consoles. The pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 really affected the video game industry. In the eSports aspects, and the casual gaming of some people who were and are currently staying in their own homes due to the lockdown that is experienced on almost all throughout the world.