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Gearburn • 8 Mar 2013

5 of the most controversial PS3 and Xbox 360 games ever

By Edward Love

Controversial Games

Every machine has an expiry date. Technology — that ever-improving, ever-mutating entity — has an unceremonious tendency to leap forward at a startling rate, leaving machines looking positively antiquated in its wake.

Indeed, time is almost up for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. These consoles are, in animal years, doddering and senile. Yet they have remained relevant throughout their lifetimes and 2013 looks set to be a bumper year for these workhorses. It might be a fitting swan song too.