In the video game industry, a console war describes the competition between two or more video game console manufacturers in trying to achieve better consumer...
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Console Wars may refer to: Console war, a video game term referring to the competition for market dominance among console manufacturers Console Wars (book)...
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Console Wars is a 2020 documentary directed by Jonah Tulis and Blake J. Harris. The film is about the 1990s console wars between Nintendo and Sega in the...
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Glossary of video game terms (redirect from Console War)
introduction of the "next generation" or "next gen". console wars Refers to competition for video game console market dominance and, in specific, to the rivalry...
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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation is a 2014 non-fiction novel written by Blake J. Harris. It follows businessman Tom...
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A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller...
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generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with the releases of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S console family and Sony's PlayStation...
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The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox...
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interviews with employees, fans and homebrew developers; "The First Console War" focuses on the rivalry between the Atari 2600 and Mattel's Intellivision...
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particularly in the lucrative North American market, there was a fierce console war that raged through the early 1990s, which eventually saw Sega taking...
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and is a take on the seventh generation era "console war" among the three major home video game consoles: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii. The game received...
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video game consoles, and handheld gaming consoles dating from approximately October 4, 1993, to March 23, 2006. The best-selling home console was the Sony...
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A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source...
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History of video games (redirect from Console bashing)
console war competition between Nintendo and Sega as they fought for market share in the United States. The first major handheld video game consoles appeared...
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generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 home console. This was followed by the release...
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The eighth generation of video game consoles began in 2012, and consists of four home video game consoles: the Wii U released in 2012, the PlayStation...
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In the history of video games, the third generation of video game consoles, commonly referred to as the 8-bit era, began on July 15, 1983, with the Japanese...
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Xbox 360 (redirect from Xbox 360 (console))
Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It was...
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abbreviated as PS, and retroactively PS1/PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released...
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1980s in video games (section Consoles of the 1980s)
interest in game consoles and led to a recovery of the home video game industry. In the remaining years of the decade, Sega ignites a console war with Nintendo...
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A video game console is a standardized computing device designed primarily for playing video games. Consoles are typically compact and can be used in...
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system power" below) is the era of computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld gaming devices available at the turn of the 21st century...
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History of Nintendo (section "Console war" with Sega)
to video games. The Game Boy handheld console (1989) and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System home console (1990) were successful, while Nintendo...
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Sega Genesis (redirect from Sega 16-bit console)
a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega...
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to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1972 to 1983. Notable consoles of the first generation include...
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PSX (digital video recorder) (redirect from PSX (video game console))
The PSX is a digital video recorder and home video game console released by Sony in Japan on December 13, 2003. Since it was designed to be a general-purpose...
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Wii (redirect from Wii console)
The Wii (/wiː/ WEE) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December...
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Xbox One (redirect from Xbox One (console))
is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox series. It...
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video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other hardware for their consoles. As of...
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second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from 1976 to 1992. Notable platforms of the...
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