History of video game consoles (seventh generation) | Wikipedia audio article

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00:05:14 1 Home consoles
00:05:24 1.1 Wii
00:10:19 1.2 Xbox 360
00:15:33 1.3 PlayStation 3
00:22:05 1.4 Comparison
00:22:55 1.4.1 Sales standings
00:23:20 1.4.2 Discontinuations and revisions
00:27:16 1.4.3 Backward compatibility
00:29:12 1.4.4 HDTV-capable video support and service
00:30:20 1.4.5 Reliability
00:31:07 2 Handheld systems
00:33:23 2.1 Handheld comparison
00:33:38 3 Other systems
00:33:56 3.1 Home consoles
00:34:05 3.2 Handhelds
00:34:18 3.3 Resembles
00:34:26 4 Cloud gaming/Gaming on demand services
00:34:37 5 Software
00:34:46 5.1 Milestone titles
00:48:34 6 See also

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In the history of video games, the seventh generation of home consoles began in late 2005 with the release of Microsoft’s Xbox 360, and continued with the release of Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii the following year. Each new console introduced a new type of breakthrough in technology. The Xbox 360 offered games rendered natively at high-definition video (HD) resolutions, the PlayStation 3 offered HD movie playback via a built-in 3D Blu-ray Disc player, and the Wii focused on integrating controllers with movement sensors as well as joysticks. Some of the Wii controllers could be moved about to control in-game actions, which enabled players to simulate real-world actions during gameplay (e.g., in the Wii sports tennis game, the user swings the controller to hit the on-screen image of a tennis ball). Video game consoles had become an important part of the global IT infrastructure. It is estimated that video game consoles represented 25% of the world’s general-purpose computational power in 2007.Joining Nintendo in the motion market, Sony Computer Entertainment released the PlayStation Move in September 2010. The PlayStation Move features motion sensing gaming, similar to that of the Wii. Microsoft joined the scene in November 2010, with its Kinect (previously announced under the working title “Project Natal” in June 2009). Unlike the other two systems (PlayStation 3 and Wii), Kinect does not use controllers of any sort and makes the users the “controller.” Having sold eight million units in its first 60 days on the market, Kinect claimed the Guinness World Record of being the “fastest selling consumer electronics device”. While the Xbox 360 offers wired as well as wireless controllers as a standalone product, all PlayStation 3 controllers can be used in wired and wireless configurations. Starting with handheld consoles, the seventh generation began in November 2004 with the North American introduction of the Nintendo DS as a “third pillar”, alongside Nintendo’s existing Game Boy Advance and GameCube consoles.The Nintendo DS (NDS) features a touch screen and built-in microphone, and supports wireless IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standards. Additionally, the revised version of the NDS, the Nintendo DSi, features two built in cameras, the ability to download games from the DSi store, and a web browser. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) released later the same year on December 12, 2004, followed a different pattern. It became the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its primary storage media. Sony also gave the PSP robust multi-media capability, connectivity with the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, other PSPs, as well as Internet connectivity. The Nintendo DS likewise had connectivity to the internet through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and Nintendo DS Browser, as well as wireless connectivity to other DS systems and Wii consoles. Despite high sales numbers for both consoles, PlayStation Portable sales have consistently lagged behind those of the Nintendo DS; nevertheless, the PlayStation Portable has the distinction of being the best-selling non-Nintendo h …