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Is there a winner in the game console war?

Author: Adam Singleton

Home video games consoles have been around since the first version of the Magnavox Odyssey console in 1972. Since that time, the video game console has its share of overcoming adversity, surviving two periods of uncertainty and the market in accidents in 1977 and 1983, which casts doubts on the future of the industry.

In recent years, however, the console video game industry has grown in strength, and competition is fierce among developers. New technologies led games consoles away from the game cartridge format, such as those used by consoles and Nintendo SNES SEGA MEGADRIVE to a compact disc format used by the current generation of consoles – a technology developed by Sega Saturn system. However, it was the launch of the Sony Playstation console in Japan in 1994 and one years of Europe later, what really makes the house of popular video games.

Since then, there are three main developers of the game console market. Nintendo is perhaps the best known of the three, was the design and development of games consoles from the 1980s. Your SNES and N64 over the Gamecube systems, and now the console Wii, Nintendo has gained a following among hard and video players are perhaps the main body of the handheld console market since the launch of its Game Boy and, More recently, the Nintendo DS.

Given the great success with their Sony Playstation console has become almost synonymous with the market for video game consoles. Playstation 2 was released in 2000 and was the fastest and commercial success selling video game console in history, with over 120 million units shipped worldwide in May 2007. After a delay, Sony has launched its latest console – the Playstation 3 – March 2007, and became the fastest selling home games console in the United Kingdom, selling around 165,000 consoles in its first two days of availability.

The third company, Microsoft, are considered as new entrants in the market for video game console, having launched its Xbox console in 2002 as a competitor Sony Playstation 2. The Xbox has been seen by many desktop computers and game consoles, along with the console was the first to use an internal hard drive removable storage instead of memory cards, and other similarities with its hardware specifications compared to a personal computer. Although very popular, he could not do much against the impact of the Playstation 2 in market share. In late 2005, Microsoft launched the new Xbox 360 in the market.

For many, the last console war "is just beginning and still can not determine what, if any, of the three major consoles – Sony Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 – come to dominate this new generation. The Xbox 360 won quickly result in terms of market share, but this is largely due to having been released a year before its competitors. Sony Playstation 3 Blu-ray capabilities, allowing you to display high-definition video, and both consoles seem to have turned to the bass player.

On the edge of the graph, Nintendo Wii console uses a wireless connection, interactive control that can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions. The controller also includes works Sound and strength, allowing the user to know the feelings that mimic the vibration during the game. Despite some quarters, discarding the Wii as "gimmicky" Nintendo was not able to make enough consoles to meet demand quickly. Since January, has outsold both consoles by Sony and Microsoft because of its mass between the players occasional, as well as its ease of use.

The audience for games is bigger than ever with the game industry is experiencing a record year. In the United States, sales in 2006 increased by 20 percent to $ 12.5 billion, with projections for 2007, according to the rumor from this figure. Even so, it is too early to say how the last console war "will be displayed.

About the author:

Adam Singleton is a journalist independent and amateur photographer. His portfolio, called Capquest photograph is available to view online.

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