Game Consoles Archives

The Microsoft Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, and the Sony Playstation 3 all had rather different design philosophies governing their creation (except for something like the Xbox 360 Power Supply, which is likely generic). Such a situation is due in part to the different demographic markets each company means to target with its videogame console. [...]

While all modern gaming consoles aim to be the entertainment focus of your home, the Nintendo Wii chases a more general audience (which it has been wildly successful in doing) while Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and the Sony Playstation 3 are marketed towards the hard-core action-gaming crowd of male teens and tweens in particular. In terms [...]

One of the sought after presents this Christmas is still the Nintendo Wii system. One of the reasons for this is because that game involves lots of hands on movement and action. The participant moves the controller and so is involved in all the action on screen. One unique feature of the Nintendo Wii system [...]