This was the turning point. The timeline would have continued in the right direction if we accepted the banana controller

>>106534939
>mid 90s - late 00s (a little in early 2010s): display era
>Y2k-futurism. Shit was shiny, metallic, translucent, almost alien-like sometimes. The most optimistic and embracing era towards technology.
To me it seems the era abruptly ended when the PS3 boomerang controller unveil was poorly received.