Failed Game Consoles: Phantom, Gizmondo, N-Gage & Ouya | S13E27

We're counting down some of the biggest console failures in gaming history — and we actually played most of them ourselves. The Phantom, Infinium Labs' infamous vaporware console that never shipped a single unit. Gizmondo, the handheld secretly bankrolled by the Swedish mafia. Nokia's N-Gage, the "taco phone" you had to hold sideways to make calls. And the Ouya, the Kickstarter darling that raised $8.5 million and still couldn't make it.Plus we get into some deep-cut flops: the NEC PC-FX, the NEC SuperGrafx, the Virtual Boy, the Atari 7800, the Philips CD-i, and even Soulja Boy's short-lived line of retro consoles.We also cover this week's gaming news: EA's finalized sale to the Saudi PIF and Jared Kushner, a leaked Xbox backward compatibility document for Project Helix, mass layoffs at the FIFA World Cup game's studio, and a new Lego PlayStation 1 set.The Game Show has been running since 2002 — one of the earliest gaming podcasts around. Every week we cover the games we're playing, the news shaping the industry, and whatever else we can't shut up about.Join the conversation at breakmanx.com — click Discord to chat with us during the week, or drop a comment, we read them all.