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| | Console wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | This first console war ended with the Video game crash of 1983, when huge oversupplies of games and competition from personal computers caused game prices to drop precipitously. | | | Console wars is a term used to refer to periods of intense competition for market share between video game console manufacturers, with particular emphasis on television advertising. | | | In the handheld wars, the Game Boy came out well on top in America and far outlived the Game Gear, becoming one of the most successful consoles of all time. |
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| | Console wars: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | Console wars is a term used to refer to the various competition between video game console video game console quick summary: | | | The atari lynx was ataris only handheld game console, and the first such machine with a color display.... | | | A video game console is a dedicated electronic device designed to play video games.... |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/co/console_wars.htm
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| | Back to the Front: The Console Wars Go Online |
| | Consoles are made to be powered up and played with little to no hassle. | | | Console gamers just don’t want to be that bothered with the technology – they don’t want to install patches, tweak settings, or work to play the game. | | | Space War, often called the first videogame ever, was even an online game, although it required a supercomputer of the day to play. |
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http://www.gamesfirst.com/articles/shawn/console_war_online/consoles_online.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Technology Console wars: Which is best? |
| | With other consoles, you will be playing better looking versions of the games you have already got. | | | All games made for the console will run in this new widescreen graphical format which, if you have the correct screen, is the biggest leap forward for games graphics since the first home 3D games in 1995. | | | The games available in the first three months of the Xbox 360's life are some of the best ever created and of a standard some consoles have had to wait their entire lifespan to amass. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4457404.stm
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| | Microsoft taps PC legacy in game-console wars |
| | Someone playing a console game is generally sitting about 10 feet or more from the TV screen. | | | For all the focus on the console wars, however, Allard said the intent isn't as much to take market share from Sony or Nintendo as it is to attract new users by making video games more compelling when compared with other forms of entertainment. | | | The amount of effort needed to translate a game from console to computer, or vice versa, will depend largely on the game's complexity. |
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/173098_e3xbox13.html
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| | Console Wars |
| | Well it sure is! We have a couple Console War games up and we hope to expand and add more. | | | Click on Play Console Wars and try out some of our cool Console Battle Games. | | | As you can guess the PS2 team is also the highest here on Console Wars. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/games3/GamingP/console.html
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| | Kotaku: Analyst: Revolution Nintendo's Last Console |
| | The more hype there is around the X360 the more I think Nintendo is going to be the flat-out winner in the next-gen console wars. | | | If there is an option to halt developing console machine, it will be the time when a form of video gaming has become radically different from current one. | | | The biggest issue regarding the PS3's popularity is the "It does a jillion terraflops!" "It looks like youre playing real life" BS that people seem to have learned in a round of internet, managzine and game shop based chinese whispers. |
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http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/console-wars/analyst-revolution-nintendos-last-console-138532.php
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| | Article - The Console Wars /// Eurogamer |
| | Microsoft have always claimed that their console would plug into existing networks and broadband connections and just go, but the lack of negotiations with major players in their target countries has cast a worrying shadow over this supposed strategy. | | | As we approach the end of the year it becomes less and less obvious who's going to win the console wars. | | | If you told me that Sony would be ruling the roost with a 128-bit vertical DVD player and photo-realistic driving games, I'd snort at you in disgust. |
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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=1892
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| | The Console Wars, II |
| | A little, toyish purple game console with a lunch pail handle on back, with cartoonish games about a cartoon Peter Pan-esque Link who saves a cartoon princess and a cartoon plumber who collects little bits of smiley-face sunshine to save the sad, sad smiley-face sunshineless town, might be a lot of fun. | | | Us game fans believe in our games and we rush to defend our favorite console in the way that we could never defend, say, our country or our women. | | | When the Dead or Alive girls are playing bikini volleyball, I'm there, on the beach, pleasuring myself behind a tree. |
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http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/consoleroundup.html
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| | Console Wars:
A New Online Hope |
| | Console gaming exploded on the scene in the early 80’s with the Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision and others but the one technology that has always alluded gamers was the ability to play someone over far distances. | | | Sure, today’s standards have reached a point where if you don’t incorporate some form of online playability, the game is sometimes deemed unacceptable or it loses fan interest and value quicker. | | | The epic battle among the two titans of console gaming will reach new heights on August 26th when Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblanksony');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>Sony releases an adapter to allow gamers to play online. |
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http://www.digitalgamedeveloper.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=12813
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| | The Console Wars Page 1 - Talkbacks - Digital Trends |
| | Console creators need to make GAME consoles, not try to take over our living rooms. | | | Serious electronic people aren't going to use a gimmicky video game station to run their movies, no matter how capable it may be. | | | IBM will also be ramping up for Playstation 3 consoles and supplying IBM’s own PowerPC server and workstation needs, suggesting that someone is going to be short of parts in the second half of 2005; this shortage is likely to get worse if demand exceeds plan (which it may in this case). |
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http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback55.html
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| | Console Wars - Pulse |
| | Although console wars have been vicious in the past, this year is possibly going to be the most competitive in the history of video gaming. | | | Nick Hickman, employee at Gamestop, 2801 Grand Ave., said despite all the hype, he thinks the Xbox 360 is going to come out on top in the long run. | | | The annual event, cherished by gamers and techies around the world, is known for its sneak previews of all things gaming. |
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http://www.iowastatedaily.com/home/news/2006/05/16/Pulse/Console.Wars-1997168.shtml
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| | The Console Wars: Exclusive Interview with Pete Hines of Bethesda Softworks (Oblivion) Xbox 360, Playstation 3 PS3, ... |
| | was focusing on the console you are so wrong in so many ways the market for this game is 30 percent larger on the pc and in other interviews they have said that they are focusing on the pc market. | | | the fact that games released on consoles have always been better on PC's, not just for control, but clearer, crisper graphics, and overall a better gaming experience, imo things arent going to change. | | | and they will most likely always be ahead of the consoles (please for those who play console dont take that personaly im one of you also). |
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http://theconsolewars.blogspot.com/2005/08/exclusive-interview-with-pete-hines-of.html
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| | The Console Wars by The Great Calvin Wilson Pollak |
| | It is also the second console to feature backwards compatability, or the ability to play the PS1 games on the PS2 system. | | | With the upcoming Console Wars I don't know what to expect, but there's one thing I know: it's a whole new game. | | | With a DVD player built in, the ability to play Playstation (1) games, and an already huge library (not even counting the PS1 games), PS2 seems to have "it all". |
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| | TIME Asia Magazine: The Console Wars: Game On -- Dec. 15, 2003 |
| | Nintendo, which once commanded more than 70% of the console market, is now struggling just to stay in the game. | | | The threats to its Game Boy monopoly are, at this point, hypothetical; and it does have a core excellence in producing seductive software, which makes it (still) one of the largest game publishers in the world. | | | But all those gaming boys and girls are growing up; Sony hopes to repeat its console success in handhelds by focusing on adult customers. |
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http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501031215-557120,00.html
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| | Kotaku: LA Times: Shortage Threatens Xbox in Console Wars |
| | Companies don't if they have a consol in every house, just so long as they make money and look like they will continue to make money and from the way things have happened and are happening, Nintendo is the Best bet in those regards. | | | The problem sony will face is a higher priced console, with a majority of games being co-released on the cheaper priced 360. | | | I won't make the same mistake this time around, paying a LARGE sum of money for a machine with no games. |
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http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/la-times-shortage-threatens-xbox-in-console-wars-151368.php
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| | PCWorld.com - Let the Game Console Wars Begin |
| | Sony is the undisputed reigning champion in the video game console market. | | | It's been five years since Nintendo introduced its flagship game console, the Nintendo 64. | | | Pumped with the latest technology, the new breed of video game machines can do more than just play the hottest 3D games. |
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| | Advanced weaponry unveiled in game console wars |
| | Between 15 and 20 games will be available. | | | Meanwhile Redmond-based Nintendo of America yesterday downplayed the importance of online gaming to its new console's success. | | | "Xbox is the only console designed from the ground up to do online gaming right," said Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer at Microsoft. |
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http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/lifestyle/23465_games17.shtml
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| | Console Wars: Not Much of a War, But a Massive Victory |
| | One must also remember that Infinium is not developing specific games for its "Phantom Console," as many people were led to believe, it simply uses PC games. | | | As far as the online game distribution idea goes, when you take into consideration the size and depth of any of the current and future games, download times will be insane. | | | Take it from someone who knows all about PC gaming, according to today's gaming standards this hardware is useless. |
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http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1870967,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532
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| | XboxSpace: Console Wars |
| | Everybody has a different opinion about the next generation console race; I'm going to give you mine. | | | A very profound thinker by the name of RazorX once postulated the biggest reason the 360 can't sell in Japan is because the Japanese "can't fit it into their homes." Whether Mr. | | | I'm going to keep this short and sweet- believe me, I could go on for pages about what I think is going... |
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| | Which Console Will Win The Console Wars? |
| | The only thing the nintendo has going for it is younger kids gaming (and games like Zelda) and its promise on new technology. | | | I have an xbox and a ps2, so unless sony make leaps and bounds in front of microsoft with this next generation of game console i doubt that it will be better than the xbox 360. | | | « Next Oldest · Gaming Consoles · Next Newest » |
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| | Gameplanet - Features - Next Gen Console Wars: A Developer's Perspective |
| | Developers and publishers are jumping from one platform to the other, determined that they will be the one to produce the next big game on the next big console. | | | While strong sales in Japan show every indication that the new console will repeat the success of its predecessor, it is also being widely criticised by the media and some developers for not living up to the hype. | | | While many industry spectators are sceptical of Microsoft's ability to enter the console gaming market, many developers are signing up to create titles for it. |
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| | BBC NEWS Technology New Xbox to kick off console wars |
| | Rivals Sony and Nintendo are expected to reveal details of their new consoles next week at the annual games show, E3. | | | "Despite the incredible success of this most recent generation of video game hardware, these next generation consoles that Sony and Microsoft are ushering in will be legendary" said GameSpot's Mr Lara. | | | Despite the incredible success of this most recent generation of video game hardware, these next generation consoles that Sony and Microsoft are ushering will be legendary |
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| | Console Wars: Not Much of a War, But ... - ExtremeTech Discussions |
| | Though, the high price of console games (and console style like few save points) does make it doubtful that a console appears on my buy list soon. | | | Home > Discussions > General > Gaming > Console Wars: Not Much of a War, But... | | | As an old PC gamer, keeping up on consoles makes missing a good bet less likely. |
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| | NBrid .: "ACT" Console Wars... |
| | Though it's hard as hell, go for the console with the most games that you can't live without. | | | The "Next-Gen" consoles, all way behind SEGA's attempt are still getting ports of the DC's wonderful games, Phantasy Star Online and Skies of Arcadia to name two... | | | There have been a number of cool PS2 games this fall to counteract point 2 IMO now, but otherwise and before that you are saddly correct. |
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| | Console Wars II: The Battle for Mainstream - XBS Xbox and Xbox 360 Forums |
| | PlayStation 2 has a larger installation base, access to what is so far the only console accesible persistent MMOG (FFXI) and a limited ability to have games played over a dial-up connection. | | | The competition for gamers between Sony's PlayStation, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube has been fierce, but the next battle may be even more ferocious as the three leading console manufacturers vie to capture the mainstream audience with a new generation of online 'networked' games. | | | Yeah, I think Xbox is going to win. |
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| | Console Wars 2 - The Little Guy |
| | Nintendo's entry into the Console Wars is the Gamecube, a pint sized purple game system so portable it has a built-in carrying handle. | | | The ability to plug in your Game Boy Advance as a controller and do some funky interactive stuff between the two systems almost makes up for it but no DVD is a big bummer. | | | I don't care a "GAMING" console is meant for gaming only |
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| | Game Console Wars! Drink From The Furry Cup News Satire |
| | But we have decide to go with the GameSphere since it can be used as a football when not plugged into the mains socket. | | | Well this time we didn't take any chances of it rolling out of the window by gaffer taping it to the floor in front of the TV! | | | The new "Sony GameSphere" wins the prize for looks, mainly because the "Nintendo GameCube" looks like an old shoebox. |
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| | The New York Times > Technology > In Console Wars, Xbox Is Latest to Rearm |
| | He added that the new console would also be more seamlessly integrated with Xbox Live, the service that connects games and gamers over high-speed Internet connections for multiplayer action. | | | ooking for an advantage in the next round of the video-console wars, Microsoft has made the first move. | | | Most evidently different, Xbox 360, which Microsoft introduced last night in a 30-minute presentation on MTV, is designed to display games in wide-screen, high-definition format as well as in standard definition. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/technology/13xbox.html?ex=1273636800&en=98c960524b8529a5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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| | XGenStudios Forums - Console Wars |
| | PS2 is the strongest of the three consoles. | | | Cross platform games aren't always big hits, and if someone has the option with any game that's released for multiple console simultaneously they will probably choose the one with the best features (sound, graphics, etc.). | | | And along the lines of exclusivity, apparently PS2 will be the only console for Soul Calibur 3, which is a very strong game. |
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| | Console Wars 3 - Play With This |
| | But while everyone is waiting for the Gamecube and the Xbox to come out, the PS2 is the king of the consoles. | | | Being able to play old Playstation games gives the PS2 a huge selection of titles - more than enough to compete with the new consoles when they hit stores. | | | How well is the PS2 going to hold up to the competition though? |
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| | Console Wars - Everything you need to know about Consoles, Games, and Hardware |
| | This site is going to focus on all the Consoles that come from the big three company's - Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. | | | Console Wars - Everything you need to know about Consoles, Games, and Hardware | | | It will be finished soon but in the meantime, please visit my NEW Forum (dont forget to register!!), read and comment on the news (sorry for lack of posts im sorting it) and have a go at The Great Console Wars Challenge!! |
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| | Console Wars - nyquil.org |
| | Short of Sega suddenly announcing the Dreamcast 2, I don’t think there could be anything more unxpected to me than an almost completely level playing field in the console market. | | | There is no word yet on pricing plans for downloading titles (if they will cost anything at all), but you’ll be able to play every NES, Super NES, and Nintendo 64 game via a built-in emulator. | | | One thing both companies have over Microsoft is a portable gaming market. |
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| | Console Wars are over!! - Anime Academy Lounge |
| | Well on this thread talk about the consule you like the least, and tell the good things about it. | | | It's really hard for me to find something I like about it worth some weight, but what I came to conclusion is: It has good graphics. | | | Well I do hope all of them do good and sooner or later the next gen consoles are mine! |
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| | Console Wars! - Gamers Gateway |
| | I think the ps2 is the best because it has more and better games. | | | ok, lets get a big arguement going about which is the best console! | | | the feelz better, i prefer the controller aswell and the games and the actual LOOK of the console. |
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| | Star Wars Galaxies console versions on hold - Xbox News at GameSpot |
| | The next Star Wars game from LucasArts employs next-gen technology to bring the Force to life in an explosive new way. | | | However, mention of these versions was recently removed from the publisher's Web page on the game, and LucasArts has confirmed for us that these versions are currently on hold. | | | In the game, you can play as part of the light side, the dark side, or--for the first time ever--the corrupt side. |
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http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/starwarsgalaxies/news_6028822.html
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| | console wars |
| | but xbox games rock and gears of war is coming, Nintendo can go suck on a bag of flaming crap for all i care. | | | is halo 2 the best game on x box console so far? | | | Halo 2 Forum > Halo 2 > XBox Games |
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| | DriverHeaven.net - console wars |
| | console controllers suck period for fps games, but are very good at fighting and adventure games. | | | Enormous modding community for user created games for free | | | However, there are some of the key points I like that you have shown. |
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| | Sony PlayStation 2 - Review - Console Wars! |
| | The war of the consoles hype has now reached an all time high. | | | Sony have taken the sensible step of making the P2 compatible with the old PSX games, so there will be no need for switching between consoles to play new and old games. | | | Personally I will be buying the playstation 2, mainly because I have owned the original Playstation for 4 years and I have been extremely happy with the quality and quantity of games. |
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http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/archive-electronics/sony-playstation-2/76085
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| | Console Wars - The Finale |
| | Cuz the Gamecube's only problem is that you can't play DVDs on it. | | | Go buy three of each and a gold-plated skateboard or something. | | | The Xbox is coming to the console war with more power than a stampeding horde of *NSYNC fans - and about 13 gazillion games you'll be able to play. |
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| | With receipts from video game sales poised to pass those of Hollywood movies sometime this decade, there's quite a bit more at stake in the coming round of the console wars than there was when Microsoft first entered the fray with the Xbox. | | | Video games, once the domain of geeks and kids, are now mainstream global entertainment, but even that doesn't tell the whole story. | | | The table above breaks down the general features of the three next-generation consoles. |
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http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/revolution.ars/1
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| | Console Wars - Gamers Gateway |
| | I'll probablt not be buying one of the next gen consoles(i have a Dreamcats but it doesn't really count) because all the games I want to play are spread out over all the different consoles. | | | But basically, I' ll buy the console I think has, or will have, the best games. | | | Well done to Loop for providing a reasonable opinion. |
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| | News - Gates on next-gen console wars /// Eurogamer |
| | No dates have been announced for the launch of either the PS3 or the Revolution, and Microsoft's headstart on the market for the next wave of gaming hardware has never been in dispute. | | | Microsoft's ambitious tri-continent launch strategy - which will see the Xbox 360 hit Europe on December 2 and Japan on December 10 - will certainly give Microsoft a head start on its rivals this time around, but according to Gates, it hasn't been an easy process. | | | The US launch has been generally considered a commercial success, and recent reports of Xbox 360 consoles overheating have been played down by the company. |
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| | Console Wars |
| | You can take it with you anywhere and play with a friend. | | | What home console are you going to get? | | | It's the best portable gaming system ever made.But lets face it, It can't live up to home consoles. |
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| | The Console Wars Xbox 360, Playstation 3 PS3, Revolution |
| | The worlds will, however, be much larger than those traditionally found in console games. | | | Atsushi Inaba: It is clear that we are really interested in the Nintendo Revolution, so we hope to create a game for this console. | | | Until last November, it had been more than four years since American game players had seen a new console. |
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| | Technorati Tag: console |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Posts tagged Console per day for the last 30 days. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged console. |
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| | Xbox 360 Leads Console Wars |
| | After months of hype, the souped-up video game console becomes available on Tuesday at midnight, well ahead of Nintendo's Revolution and Sony's PlayStation 3. | | | It has spent billions of dollars on building up a presence in the games market with its original Xbox. | | | Home Console, 3.2 GHz Processor, 16 Million pixels/sec Fill Rate,Installed RAM: 512 MB, Gaming Type(s): On-Line Gaming, 20 GB Ha... |
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| | Sony Ups Ante in Console Wars |
| | The next generation of video-game consoles is moving beyond the conception stage. | | | During the last console transition, video-game software makers such as Electronic Arts (ERTS:Nasdaq - news - research) and Activision (ATVI:Nasdaq - news - research) saw their profits drop as they poured money into developing games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox while seeing sales of their PlayStation and Nintendo N64 games decline. | | | The company also plans to show off a demonstration version of the new machine at next May's Electronic Entertainment Exposition (also called E3), the video game industry's giant annual confab. |
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| | GameSpy: |
| | Raymond talks about Microsoft's sudden influx of Japanese development talent and the possible console wars at Game Developers Conference 2005. | | | See the latest trends in game development from the front lines! | | | Microsoft made several announcements that signify a major change to its publishing strategy. |
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| | BBC NEWS Technology Xbox 360 kicks off console wars |
| | The software giant has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into becoming a leading player in the world of video games. | | | What is not known is if gamers will be able to play current Xbox games on the 360. | | | This is the first major home game console launch since November 2001. |
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