But incredibly, McDonald's wasn't the first fastfood giant to announce a gaming console. Even more bizarre was the December 2020 announcement of the, or KFConsole as it was wittily branded. In what sounded like an April Fools' prank accidentally posted at the wrong time of year, KFC announced that it had teamed up with computer cooling brand Cooler Master to manufacture a gaming console that could heat your dinner.
Billed as the world's first gaming console with a built-in chicken chamber, it promised that through the use of"the system's natural heat and airflow system you can now focus on your gameplay and enjoy hot, crispy chicken between rounds." All while running"the latest titles in stunning 4k, 240fps" with Asus-powered graphics and an Intel Nuc 9 chip.
It was essentially a glorified gaming PC that heats chicken, which sounded like a game-changer to us. But unfortunately, more than two years later, it seems the console was a joke... we think. It still features on the , but there's been no further news. So McDonald's may have been late, and its device only has one game and only looks like chicken, but at least it delivered.While the KFConsole could supposedly heat food, here's a weird video game console that could cool. To mark the release of the PS5 in 2020, the US Budweiser beer brand stepped up with its own 'next-generation console', the BL6.