Back in 2008, the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii came into vogue, and dominated the market. Since 2013, the Sony PSP has had a steady run over the past 5 years. Overall the number of video game consoles sold worldwide has shrunk by half, from around 90 million devices sold in 2008 to...
Are the Console Wars Over? The console wars were once a large part of gaming culture, with fans willing to fiercely defend their console of choice and companies aggressively competing for their share of the gaming market. But what are the console wars and are they over? What Are the Console...
The a-ha moment In the early days of video games, consoles and computers had very limited memory and computing power, so game developers had to craft each game from beginning to end to maximize performance. As machines became more powerful, the software didn’t need to be so efficient, and...
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What are the controller button functions on PS5 consoles? Below you can find a list of the DualSense™ wireless controller buttons and their functions. These are the basic buttons that can be assigned when creating a profile for your DualSense Edge™ wireless controller or Access™ controller...
Cloud gaming isn't new by any means; PlayStation Now, for instance, has been around for a while. But we're finally reaching the point at which it stands to become a more significant component of how games are distributed. That doesn't necessarily mean cloud gaming will replace consoles an...
Technically both consoles and computers are near identical. They both use separate display devices, and use peripherals to input commands. Both also use some sort of game media. In the 1980's thru the 1990's computer makers redesigned lines of home computers and made them into consoles (FM ...
Virtual reality games can be played on standalone systems, on specialized game consoles, or using advanced laptops and PCs that can power the leadingVR headsetssuch as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Lenovo Explorer. There are subsets of virtual reality gaming that use related technologies calledaugmente...
Console browsers: These are designed for game consoles such as Xbox and PlayStation, allowing users to browse the web from their consoles. Text-based browsers: Legacy browsers that only display websites as text, without graphics or images, are text-based. Examples include Lynx and Elinks. ...
Consoles are also beginning to run decentralizedcrypto games, where players are able to take full ownership of the digital assets they accumulate, and potentially monetize them.