Nah fam. The Xbox 360 gen era was the golden years. True online connectivity via console. Now it’s just people who don’t talk, or are in party chats. Gaming is kinda boring ghost nowadays
I was 10 years old in (2001) it's fun and nostalgic to look back on what was out in my childhood 😃😁👍🏽 It was an amazing and exciting time for gaming,TV and Music back then. 💯
I was about 4 back then my first console was a SNES my dad got back in 91 and I got to play it for awhile till it smelled funky and thinking it was me my dad took it to his room never allowed to play it again
Lol I worked at Bes Buy in 2005 and we still had those video game demos. I remember we would get the remotes from Home Theater and turn off the TVs when customers were playing. We especially did it when we were about to close. Good times and thanks for the video!
I was 5 during this video. We didn't get that gen of consoles until 2003 2004ish. But would go to my cousins and friends house and play Halo and Need For Speed games. We still had a PS1 at the time.
My neck would kill me after staring up at the TV for so long while waiting for my mom to get done shopping. I always wondered why they had to put the TVs for the console demos up so high, but now thinking about it after all those years, i was just short.
I was 15 and i remember all of this. I remember playing Mario kart for GameCube when i was at Best buy, looking at CDs, etc. I wish i could go back. Time flies feels like not super long ago.
The early 2000’s were the best of times, with things like Harry Potter, LOTR, Spider-Man, X-Men, and PlayStation, and the worst of times with things like September 11th and the War on Terror, along with for me personally our family being kicked out of the apartment I was born into, being forced to move into a new town where the teachers could be cruel, and the traumatic loss of my grandmother Just hearing about September 11th brings me back to all of these intense feelings TMI but man I guess that’s just how life goes. So grateful for the blessings media brought us together over back then. 🙏🏻
I was 21 back then. It was such a gigantic divide between the good times in the 1990s and 2000 and the gradually crappier times to come in the new century. And now we are here...
But he's not a foreigner or a corporation, so Democrats forced him to close his business in 2020 while Amazon and Walmart and convenience stores were allowed to keep making money selling the same things.
I love pretty much every decade before the trash of 2010+ but the more I think about it the more I realize how beautiful and special the 00s were. There was something very vibrant about that time. Creatively booming, devs were trying new things with games, incredible time for music, the debut of the killers, the sounds - dying to say this to you album, nintendocore, Beck made an album using a modded gameboy as an instrument, synths were used in music to inject serotonin into your brain, halo partys all over the place. Technology boost without ruining the minds of people with social media and smart phones. Everything about this decade was just feel good so much fun, I miss it!
00s as far as music I felt was garbage. The 90s was definitely alot better and more creative. As far as gaming, it definitely peaked in the 2000s. PS2/Xbox/GameCube was definitely the last great era of gaming.
Take the nostalgia glasses off dork . I was a teen in the 2000's & it wasn't that special . The only thing that makes it "special" is that we were all 22 years younger in 2021. Im sure the 90's was the last good decade if you want to talk about special .
My brothers and I went to best buy to get these new consoles, i was 16. Gamecube was the first console i bought myself, came home with resident evil and 007 agent under fire
Nah the decline started way after that. The rise of social media, smartphones etc was when it started. Around maybe 2012 or 2013. Gradually until things have just gotten really bad the past 4-5 years.
Right I'm 32 years old. It's 2024 if i could go back in time right now to 2001 I'll do it and i would stay there. Those were DIFFERENT times BETTER times. Sure brings back memories.
I'm totally in agreement. Everything went to crap starting around 2012. I don't want this Era. I want to be back then and never come back. Thank God we have these time capsule videos. So that I can play them every few months. As I watch, I erase everything since then in my mind, and for a moment - I am safe and at Peace.
Walking in to a Best Buy nowadays feels so boring, depressing and dystopian with all the iphones, Alexa devices . And all those so-called televisions (which are really just big ugly flat rectangles that are connected to the web and probably spy on you.👀) Please take me back!
one of the few b-roll clips of nascar during its boom period from that year to 2008. awesome. it shouldn't be a surprise that that year's 500 being as big as it was (17 million avg. viewers big, like holy shit) and the morbid curiosity following dale's unfortunate death, since it was obviously a surprise, made for this to happen. that being said, it's still awesome to see it and especially during the time when it was still recent. i remember experiencing this as a kid and really hope to again. nascar needs this kind of love from the general public again 😮💨
2001 we had a PS2!. The original issue one the big one. Good days man. I remember it like it was yesterday. The games were astronomically expensive back then too lol I was lucky to get one every 5-6 months lol I remember getting a ton of used games for lower prices. 2001 was the beginning of the digital era. We grew up as it grew up. Today’s kids will never know.
Back when every competitor..(RadioShack, best buy, circuit city, eb games, game stop, )was in full cylinders and society's talents was in full display..not just media wise..but in culture in general
It's amazing how the years between 2000-2020 seem so much closer together than 1980-2000.. The tech leap between 2000-2020 was a small step. Between 1980-2000 it was the distance between the stone age to Wilbur and Orville's first flight...
Best Buy was amazing back then with demos everywhere and gaming kiosks so you can try out the newest games. Now there's no demo units, it's gaming section is empty, almost gone, and the store is a ghost town on most days. Sad!
This takes me back. In 2001 I was 3 but going to both retail stores and grocery stores were so much fun! And the worker is so polite, when I go to Best Buy the workers are assholes. Back then the shelves were full, now there empty. I miss 2001. I wanna play Space Cadet.
Many people have fond memories of driving out to a Best Buy or any other store to buy a new game, console, movie... does anyone get misty-eyed memories about downloading something? Ordering everything online and having it shipped to us is convenient, yes, and dull. Technology keeps improving and making life more convenient, but the quality of our existence gets worse. The mental and emotional stimulation provided by the challenges of life are no longer there. Everything is just a click away.
There's occasionally cool midnight launches at gamestop still. Makes it feel like the good old days but yeah most people just download stuff to console or pc. Physical media is dying out and I try my hardest to support it with every videogame release that catches my eye
Spot on sir. Once the last of the Malls die, it will feel official. There may be hope. Vinyl came back. Artists are saying they will start releasing on CD again. They now have a 4K Blu-Ray format and will supposedly start releasing on them. I cant "only" do digital. Its a hollowed out experience. Something about driving to the store. Buying and owning it in your hands. But I love your post. It summarized so well into words, what many of us had been feeling.
2:43 there it is, the most famous franchise in Microsoft history, and it’s not entirely on the top shelf, it’s in 3 other different shelf levels! *UNSC Veterans like me will understand*
90s was the last great decade. The 00s to me was just a decade of everything starting to go down hill and getting watered down. Only thing in the 2000s that was better was the gaming.
@@itsthecamaroguy Yeah HipHop was definitely better in the 90s. But yeah, I definitely enjoyed 2000s rock much more than 90s rock. 90s rock music seemed so corny and watered down. Seem like the 2000s it got its edge back. Overall I think 90s music was much better, especially HipHop and R&B.
@@thegamingchef3304 yea I definitely agree with rock in 2000s improving. Went from grunge and the “world is a vampire” to often relatable lyrics and overall better sounding. I wouldn’t agrue with hiphop and R&B though. You got people like Ginuwine who made some real good R&B. The only one who even comes close in my opinion, is Omarion. I think rock and pop though, is where the 2000s really shined. So many iconic songs a lot of people know still despite some of the early songs being 20+ years old now.
it's crazy probably right?...but sometimes I remember my past in 'Video Game Years' some examples are... 2001 - PS2 & Devil May Cry 2004 - NFL 2K5 2007 - Purchased my 1st PS3 followed by the BEST Gaming Calendar of ALL-TIME! 2008 - Fallout 3 2011 - Skyrim 2013 - PS4! Assassin's Creed Black Flag etc etc etc.
Gaming started to feel "down hill" when the PS3 and WII came out. The PS3 was promoted first as a blu-ray player and the WIi was a very disposable fad.
Holy cow is that NASCAR Thunder.. lol. Talk about nostalgia. Crazy how big NASCAR used to be. It was everywhere! Dale Earnhardt died and it went down the drain.. haven’t watched since.
![Unboxing a PS2 on October 26, 2000 [Launch Day]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/s06omXyhfQM/mqdefault.jpg)
22 years man I still feel the 2000s was 10 years ago man.
i still feel the 2000s was only a few years ago and the 90s 10 years ago lol
Sure, it's crazy the 2000s is a decade before last!
A golden Era for gaming, this gen. You had the GameBoy Advance too. Truly a blessed time to be a gamer.
Pokémon sapphire and ruby ❤️
PSP, too.
all I did in 2001-2002 was smoke a lot of weed and trip balls of dxm. Didn't play games at all. Had good times though.
The lucky ones grew up with Gameboys which elevated to Gameboy Pockets and then finally Gameboy Color.
Nah fam. The Xbox 360 gen era was the golden years. True online connectivity via console. Now it’s just people who don’t talk, or are in party chats. Gaming is kinda boring ghost nowadays
Going into any electronic/gaming section used to be so overwhelming with excitement and want. Now it’s literally nothing
Because everything is an app these days. No innovation.
Yeah man I remember that feeling sucks it really sucks how fast technology changed the world
But now there's the ninth generation of consoles, like PS5 and Xbox series S/X, those still be overwhelming and excitement with some people..
@@rafapenson if anyone is overwhelmed with digital codes and a lack luster of options, that’s pretty pathetic
@@rafapenson yeah...but...its missing that magic..just cant explain it..
Definitely miss those days-so much simpler, no social media, just having fun with friends and doing sleepovers with whoever had games
Not to mention we actually owned our games back then. (the whole game was actually on disc)
You can avoid social media to an extent right
Things are weird now. Like, I'm gonna be the parent hosting sleepovers. No more trust :(
@@packerman7410 can't really avoid it nowadays
I was 10 years old in (2001) it's fun and nostalgic to look back on what was out in my childhood 😃😁👍🏽 It was an amazing and exciting time for gaming,TV and Music back then. 💯
I was 9 back then. Also a lot of strong memories from back then. Time flies when you're having fun. 😀
I was born in 2001 and it’s my favorite year for video games.
*I was 7, and I wish I was older at the time…* *I wish I was born in the mid-80’s…* *STILL, a GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE.* (1996-2003)
I would sell my soul to go back
I was about 4 back then my first console was a SNES my dad got back in 91 and I got to play it for awhile till it smelled funky and thinking it was me my dad took it to his room never allowed to play it again
Such amazing footage. Brings me back to being 11 years old omg
Lol I worked at Bes Buy in 2005 and we still had those video game demos. I remember we would get the remotes from Home Theater and turn off the TVs when customers were playing. We especially did it when we were about to close. Good times and thanks for the video!
What a dick move XD
Golden era for anything entertainment related. Early 2000s were on fire. Music, tv, games... It was the sweet spot of technology
Yeah, not so much for aviation.
The Economy was doing just fine too. that helped
I was 5 during this video. We didn't get that gen of consoles until 2003 2004ish. But would go to my cousins and friends house and play Halo and Need For Speed games. We still had a PS1 at the time.
Brings back the good old days
My neck would kill me after staring up at the TV for so long while waiting for my mom to get done shopping. I always wondered why they had to put the TVs for the console demos up so high, but now thinking about it after all those years, i was just short.
🤣🤣🤣
Funny, I never thought of it like that. We were short back then. Funny thing is that even now as an adult I am still miniature like Milky Ways. Lol
@@GothicNightWingit was by design so you wouldn't play for long
Man I miss these days I will always cherish these moments for as long as I live
When Best Buy was still worth going to.
I was 15 and i remember all of this. I remember playing Mario kart for GameCube when i was at Best buy, looking at CDs, etc. I wish i could go back. Time flies feels like not super long ago.
I started smoking weed in 2001 and i miss getting stoned and listening to deftones and stuff. I could care less about video games at the time.
My childhood right here. I loved going to Bestbuy as a kid.
Mine was seeing every single TiVo Menu on a Sony TiVo Series 1.
I miss the early 2000s. Those were the good old days.
Eh
The golden age of gaming, there was something for everybody back then
The early 2000’s were the best of times, with things like Harry Potter, LOTR, Spider-Man, X-Men, and PlayStation, and the worst of times with things like September 11th and the War on Terror, along with for me personally our family being kicked out of the apartment I was born into, being forced to move into a new town where the teachers could be cruel, and the traumatic loss of my grandmother
Just hearing about September 11th brings me back to all of these intense feelings
TMI but man I guess that’s just how life goes. So grateful for the blessings media brought us together over back then. 🙏🏻
Spider-Mannnnnn oh meh GOSH
The LOTR games were 👌
America was PEAK until September 11, 2001. It all went downhill after that across the board. I was 21 in 2001. It was way better before that.
They were great, but the 90s were even more special.
It is interesting to think the media did unite us back then, now it's only goal is to sensationalize everything and divide us further
I was 21 back then. It was such a gigantic divide between the good times in the 1990s and 2000 and the gradually crappier times to come in the new century. And now we are here...
That sales manager really knows his stuff. Smart guy. Wouldn't be surprised if he owns his own business now.
But he's not a foreigner or a corporation, so Democrats forced him to close his business in 2020 while Amazon and Walmart and convenience stores were allowed to keep making money selling the same things.
@@customsongmaker spittin' fire!
@@billschlafly4107 spittin' the truth
@@customsongmakerRasist that knows nothing what non whytes go through that keeps ragging on non- whytes.
The good ol days when you had a variety of games and game systems
Hearing the Proskater Menu music is great flashbacks
I love pretty much every decade before the trash of 2010+ but the more I think about it the more I realize how beautiful and special the 00s were. There was something very vibrant about that time. Creatively booming, devs were trying new things with games, incredible time for music, the debut of the killers, the sounds - dying to say this to you album, nintendocore, Beck made an album using a modded gameboy as an instrument, synths were used in music to inject serotonin into your brain, halo partys all over the place. Technology boost without ruining the minds of people with social media and smart phones. Everything about this decade was just feel good so much fun, I miss it!
00s as far as music I felt was garbage. The 90s was definitely alot better and more creative. As far as gaming, it definitely peaked in the 2000s. PS2/Xbox/GameCube was definitely the last great era of gaming.
Take the nostalgia glasses off dork . I was a teen in the 2000's & it wasn't that special . The only thing that makes it "special" is that we were all 22 years younger in 2021. Im sure the 90's was the last good decade if you want to talk about special .
America was PEAK until September 11, 2001. It all went downhill after that across the board. I was 21 in 2001. It was way better before that.
@@GEN_X_I’ve noticed people have been saying that a lot lately
Because it was@@gothamarea
My brothers and I went to best buy to get these new consoles, i was 16. Gamecube was the first console i bought myself, came home with resident evil and 007 agent under fire
Nice videos. Its like capturing and saving different moments in time. Really cool
Gaming in stores was the bomb.
Fusion Frenzy was an underappreciated masterpiece of dumb fun
America was PEAK until September 11, 2001. It all went downhill after that across the board. I was 21 in 2001. It was way better before that.
Very true😢😢
Well...I beg to differ...I say it somewhat still had charm till like....09...I was 9 back in 01 so...
@@terranceaddison4599 yeah you were too young to notice something like the change of global politics and market crashes at 9 years old…
Nah the decline started way after that. The rise of social media, smartphones etc was when it started. Around maybe 2012 or 2013. Gradually until things have just gotten really bad the past 4-5 years.
WWF Smackdown 2, terrific stuff of the past.
Yep I loved smackdown, gameboy color and gameboy advance playing Pokemon for hours on end lol those were the days 😂
The graphical jump from the previous gen, especially the new Xbox compared to N64 and PS was a site to behold..
Right I'm 32 years old. It's 2024 if i could go back in time right now to 2001 I'll do it and i would stay there. Those were DIFFERENT times BETTER times. Sure brings back memories.
I'm totally in agreement. Everything went to crap starting around 2012. I don't want this Era. I want to be back then and never come back. Thank God we have these time capsule videos. So that I can play them every few months. As I watch, I erase everything since then in my mind, and for a moment - I am safe and at Peace.
The little cameras they would sell in that time, instead of smartphones.
Pretty bad quality though
I saw the TiVo Series 2 Boxes at a Best Buy in Mundelein, IL when we had to get a Hard Drive Replacement for a Computer.
It sucks that NASCAR and it's game industry dosen't get that much attention anymore.
That’s cuz you actually have to drive 400 laps instead of get blackout drunk while watching someone else drive 400 laps.
I am not big Nascar fan.i liked grand Turismo better
We always just crashed the cars anyway
Walking in to a Best Buy nowadays feels so boring, depressing and dystopian with all the iphones, Alexa devices . And all those so-called televisions (which are really just big ugly flat rectangles that are connected to the web and probably spy on you.👀)
Please take me back!
Seriously!!!! I miss 1996-2003!!!! 💯
I grew up into my mid-teens in the 2000s. It was mid-late 2003 when I got my Gamecube from Circuit City. It was the coolest console of its time, imo.
9:12 This was pretty funny as he's being interviewed. Rito, you're needed bud
I was playing the Halo demo and I remember not understanding the fact that the warthog was driven with both thumbsticks
when my parents got me PS2, happiest day of my life.
Skip from 8:12-14:12 , cuz that guy talked for 6 minutes!
Seeing consoles and controllers just out in the open is CRAZY to see
We were raised right and had Traditional Values. We respected one another. Family Oriented. We had rules and honored them.
@@striver1987 we didn’t raise criminals back then
lol @ the people above. This Best Buy must be in an affluent area, because it wasn't common even back then
and now all those titles sit in some retro hoarders storage unit salivating over the next price jump due to the nostalgia.
Back when everything was so much cheaper and stress free.
one of the few b-roll clips of nascar during its boom period from that year to 2008. awesome.
it shouldn't be a surprise that that year's 500 being as big as it was (17 million avg. viewers big, like holy shit) and the morbid curiosity following dale's unfortunate death, since it was obviously a surprise, made for this to happen. that being said, it's still awesome to see it and especially during the time when it was still recent. i remember experiencing this as a kid and really hope to again. nascar needs this kind of love from the general public again 😮💨
2001 we had a PS2!. The original issue one the big one. Good days man. I remember it like it was yesterday. The games were astronomically expensive back then too lol I was lucky to get one every 5-6 months lol I remember getting a ton of used games for lower prices. 2001 was the beginning of the digital era. We grew up as it grew up. Today’s kids will never know.
Back when every competitor..(RadioShack, best buy, circuit city, eb games, game stop, )was in full cylinders and society's talents was in full display..not just media wise..but in culture in general
For being 2001, that NASCAR game looks really fluid, pretty ahead of it's time.
I Remember when the world looked like this, better Times.
I dont even know how many ps1 games i would buy if i could go back in time on this day
Do you know how much Jackie Chan:Stuntmaster cost today? Oh geezuuz...
The year Dale Earnhardt died at the Daytona 500 in 2001. I remember playing the Nascar EA Sports on Playstation 2.
50$ Dollars back there and Physic Copy. That was amazing era back there.
It's amazing how the years between 2000-2020 seem so much closer together than 1980-2000.. The tech leap between 2000-2020 was a small step. Between 1980-2000 it was the distance between the stone age to Wilbur and Orville's first flight...
Best Buy was amazing back then with demos everywhere and gaming kiosks so you can try out the newest games. Now there's no demo units, it's gaming section is empty, almost gone, and the store is a ghost town on most days. Sad!
Whould love to go back to those days
Miss those days when products would be on shelves and not behind glass.....
7:38 30 bucks for a gamecube???
I remember, good times they were
It's crazy because I remember Tivo was so popular. I was a DirecTv Technician in 16-17 and anything Tivo was like a relic lol.
This takes me back. In 2001 I was 3 but going to both retail stores and grocery stores were so much fun! And the worker is so polite, when I go to Best Buy the workers are assholes. Back then the shelves were full, now there empty. I miss 2001. I wanna play Space Cadet.
Many people have fond memories of driving out to a Best Buy or any other store to buy a new game, console, movie... does anyone get misty-eyed memories about downloading something? Ordering everything online and having it shipped to us is convenient, yes, and dull. Technology keeps improving and making life more convenient, but the quality of our existence gets worse. The mental and emotional stimulation provided by the challenges of life are no longer there. Everything is just a click away.
There's occasionally cool midnight launches at gamestop still. Makes it feel like the good old days but yeah most people just download stuff to console or pc. Physical media is dying out and I try my hardest to support it with every videogame release that catches my eye
Subjective
Spot on sir. Once the last of the Malls die, it will feel official. There may be hope. Vinyl came back. Artists are saying they will start releasing on CD again. They now have a 4K Blu-Ray format and will supposedly start releasing on them. I cant "only" do digital. Its a hollowed out experience. Something about driving to the store. Buying and owning it in your hands. But I love your post. It summarized so well into words, what many of us had been feeling.
I remember playing Toca Race Driver on an original Xbox kiosk at Toys R Us.
There was just so much variety back then, so much better
2:43 there it is, the most famous franchise in Microsoft history, and it’s not entirely on the top shelf, it’s in 3 other different shelf levels!
*UNSC Veterans like me will understand*
90s was the last great decade. The 00s to me was just a decade of everything starting to go down hill and getting watered down. Only thing in the 2000s that was better was the gaming.
Music was better in 2000s too. Unpopular opinion probably but 2000s music was better in every genre but maybe rap.
@@itsthecamaroguy Yeah HipHop was definitely better in the 90s. But yeah, I definitely enjoyed 2000s rock much more than 90s rock. 90s rock music seemed so corny and watered down. Seem like the 2000s it got its edge back. Overall I think 90s music was much better, especially HipHop and R&B.
@@thegamingchef3304 yea I definitely agree with rock in 2000s improving. Went from grunge and the “world is a vampire” to often relatable lyrics and overall better sounding. I wouldn’t agrue with hiphop and R&B though. You got people like Ginuwine who made some real good R&B. The only one who even comes close in my opinion, is Omarion. I think rock and pop though, is where the 2000s really shined. So many iconic songs a lot of people know still despite some of the early songs being 20+ years old now.
@8:08 That boy dominican like a mf 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴😅
Digital cameras at that time just 1.3 megapixel. I didn't hear a word about external memory cards that needed to be purchased
i still play smackdown 2 know your role to this day such a goated game
I love seeing that sales manager get increasingly more anxious as he hears his name being called over the speaker
Is there any videos of electronics stores in 1994-2000? I'm looking for a time when PS1 games were on the shelfs.
I like how they used regular CRT TVs like nothing and not a super special TV to put the XBOX and PS2 demos in the Store!
reminds me of the movie 40yr old virgin
when best buy was cool
I can't believe the 2000's looks like 80's now.
This was one of the best places to go to.
Please take me back! 🥺
WTF, that one guy is just waiting his turn in a civil manner and isn't even looting.
people back then used to be more polite.
smackdown 2 was my game back then
Back when Stores had more than 1 cashier.
Some say he's still waiting by that time clock
this just feels like winter time to me
Oooooh Tivo? Wave of the future!
🤣🤣
We used to have one of Sony's TiVo back in January 2002 with DIRECTV.
Got a gamecube after 9/11 too
No ☹️
TAKE ME BACK!
I remember playing that exact nascar game
it's crazy probably right?...but sometimes I remember my past in 'Video Game Years' some examples are...
2001 - PS2 & Devil May Cry
2004 - NFL 2K5
2007 - Purchased my 1st PS3 followed by the BEST Gaming Calendar of ALL-TIME!
2008 - Fallout 3
2011 - Skyrim
2013 - PS4! Assassin's Creed Black Flag
etc etc etc.
9:00 "-and another hot item...is TiVo" 😂
Sony TiVo is what we had at our house from 2002-2012. We had DIRECTV along with it.
Gaming started to feel "down hill" when the PS3 and WII came out. The PS3 was promoted first as a blu-ray player and the WIi was a very disposable fad.
good to have the little joey cameo
PS2 the best of them!!
Nascar 2002 was so cutting-edge but now nobody wants it not even for a buck
Miss those games day as will.rent them see how the game is
Wow I was born 2001🔥🙏🏽
I still have some of those games
Holy cow is that NASCAR Thunder.. lol. Talk about nostalgia. Crazy how big NASCAR used to be. It was everywhere! Dale Earnhardt died and it went down the drain.. haven’t watched since.
wow i was in a boy band back then memories in best buy we used to sing in there and play games getting girls to play too lol
Back when you could touch the console boxes and everything wasn’t locked up or stored in the back
Ahh the memories.
Wonder what song at 2:30
Tony hawk 2 intro screen
6:02 what is that game? It looks kinda fun?
Hopefully no one says games were cheaper because they sure as hell were not