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Consoles

Consoles. By Daniel Hillier. PlayStation Console History .

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  1. Consoles By Daniel Hillier

  2. PlayStation Console History • The PlayStation is a series of video game consoles created and developed bySony Computer Entertainment with consoles in the fifth to eighth generations. The brand was first introduced on December 3, 1994 in Japan with the launch of the original PlayStation Consoles. It now consists of a total of four core home consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. • The PlayStation 2 is the best-selling home console to date, having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28, 2012. •  Sony's next console, the PlayStation 3, was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013. • Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 4, was released in 2013, selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale, becoming the fastest selling console in history.

  3. Xbox Console History • The Xbox is a video gamingbrand created by Microsoft. It includes a series of video game consolesdeveloped by Microsoft, with consoles in the sixth to eighth generations, as well as applications (games), streaming services, and the online service, Xbox Live. The brand was first introduced on November 15, 2001 in the United States, with the launch of the original Xbox console it reached over 24 million units sold as of May 10, 2006. • Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in 2005 and has sold over 77.2 million consoles worldwide as of April 18, 2013. • The successor to the Xbox 360 and Microsoft's most recent console, the Xbox One, was revealed on May 21, 2013. The Xbox One has been released in 21 markets around the world on November 22, 2013, with the UK as its first country.

  4. Online Play • The integrated Xbox Live service launched in November 2002 allowed players to play games online with a broadband connection.It first competed with Dreamcast's online service but later primarily competed with PlayStation 2's online service. Although these two are free while Xbox Live required a subscription, as well as broadband-only connection which was not completely adopted yet, Xbox Live was a success due to better servers. • Released in 2006, the PlayStation Network is an online service focusing on online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery. The service is provided and run by Sony Computer Entertainment for use with the PlayStation 3, and was later implemented on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 video game consoles. The service currently has over 110 million users worldwide (as of July 2013).The Sony Entertainment Network provides other features for users like PlayStation Home, PlayStation Store, and Trophies. • This changed the way people played the origenel 2 player – 4 player consoles became an online universe people from round the world merged into one network and then cramped into one game were they could play to their hearts content. Not to forget the party chat, private chat and game chat so people can communicate when playing their chosen game.

  5. Portable Consoles • A handheld game console is a lightweight, portable electronic device with a built-in screen, game controls, and speakers.Handheld game consoles are smaller than home video game consoles and contain the console, screen, speakers, and controls in one unit, allowing people to carry them and play them at any time or place. • In 1977, Mattel introduced the first handheld electronic game with the release of Auto Race.Later, several companies—including Coleco and Milton Bradley—made their own single-game, lightweight table-top or handheld electronic game devices.The oldest true handheld game console with interchangeable cartridges is the Milton Bradley Micro vision in 1979. • Nintendo is credited with popularizing the handheld console concept with the release of the Game Boy in 1989and as of 2011 continues to dominate the handheld console market with their Nintendo DS and Dsi systems.

  6. PlayStation the Technical Side • The original PlayStation released on December 3, 1994 was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices. It has included successor consoles and upgrades including the Net Yaroze (a special black PlayStation with tools and instructions to program PlayStation games and applications), "PSone" (a smaller version of the original) and the PocketStation (a handheld which enhances PlayStation games and also acts as a memory card). • PlayStation 2 is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles, and is backwards-compatible with most original PlayStation games. Like its predecessor, it has received a slimmer redesign, and was also released built into the PSXDVR and the Sony BRAVIA KDL22PX300 HDTV. • The PS3 is the first console in the series to introduce the use ofmotion-sensing technology through its Sixaxis wireless controller. The console also incorporates a Blu-ray Disc player and features high-definition resolution. The PS3 was originally offered with either a 20 GB or 60 GB hard drive, but over the years its capacity increased in increments available up to 500 GB. • The eighth-generation system will introduce the x86 architecture to the PlayStation series and was launched in the fourth quarter of 2013. According to lead system architect, Mark Cerny, development on the PlayStation 4 began as early as 2008. • Among the new applications and services, Sony introduced the PlayStation App, allowing PS4 owners to turn smartphones and tablets into a second screen to enhance gameplay this allows users to use to screens rather than one the more screens the better.

  7. Xbox the Technical Side • The Xbox was the first video game console to feature a built-in hard disk drive, used primarily for storing game saves and content downloaded from Xbox Live. This eliminated the need for separate memory cards (although some older consoles, such as the Amiga CD32 used internal flash memory and others like the TurboGrafx-CD, Sega CD and Sega Saturn had featured built-in battery backup memory prior to 2001). An Xbox user could rip music from standard audio CDs to the hard drive, and these songs were used for the custom soundtracks in some games. • The Xbox was the first gaming product to feature Dolby Interactive Content-Encoding Technology, which allows real-time Dolby Digital encoding in game consoles. Previous game consoles could only use Dolby Digital 5.1 during non-interactive "cut scene" playback. • The Xbox is based on commodity PC hardware and is much larger and heavier than its contemporaries. This is largely due to a bulky tray-loading DVD-ROM drive and the standard-size 3.5 inch hard drive. The Xbox has also pioneered safety features, such as breakaway cables for the controllers to prevent the console from being pulled from the surface it rests on.

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