Gaming Believed This Number—Until It Failed. Bits. (www.youtube.com)

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For years, one number told us everything we thought we needed to know about a video game console. Bigger number meant better games — or at least, that’s what we believed.

In this video, we explore how “bits” became gaming’s most trusted shortcut, why it worked for a while, and how it ultimately collapsed when the math stopped explaining what we were actually seeing on screen.

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