This generation opened early for handheld consoles, with Nintendo releasing its Nintendo DS, and Sony the PlayStation Portable within close proximity of each other. The PSP had superior graphics and power, whilst the DS may have had a lower-power design, but it feature a novel control interface; the touch screen. Top 10 best selling seventh generation console games. Includes only sales on one console only (i.e. Separate sales figures and rankings for Madden NFL on the PS3 and 360). Wii Sports (45.7 million) (April 2009) Wii Play (22.98 million) (April 2009). Many games used bloom and other graphical techniques in a way that created games had washed out and drab colors. 4 The three major home consoles of this generation each attempted to launch a motion control scheme, to varying degrees of success.
Trends[edit]
Home Consoles[edit]
A common occurrence early on in the generation was for gamers to acquire both an Xbox 360 and a Wii.[1][2] This phenomenon was commonly called the Wii60 effect.
The Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 both supported HD outputs, but often rendered games below 720p internally, then upscaled to match the output resolution.[3] Many games used bloom and other graphical techniques in a way that created games had washed out and drab colors.[4]
The three major home consoles of this generation each attempted to launch a motion control scheme, to varying degrees of success.[5][6][7]
A shop selling HD televisions in 2007, a large improvement over the older SD displays.
A typical 2008 home theater setup, featuring an LCD display and a PlayStation 3 running Folding@Home.
Another fairly typical home theater in 2009, featuring a 'large' screen on a rear-projection HD television.
Handhelds[edit]
Handheld consoles commonly adopted built in rechargeable batteries by this generation, though some gamers still preferred swappable standardized batteries.[8]
Major handhelds commonly featured graphics comparable to home consoles of the fifth generation.[9][10] This made portable 3D gaming common.
Higher end handhelds adopted Wi-Fi and other wireless communication standards.
Home Consoles[edit]
Major consoles[edit]
- Wii
- PlayStation 3
- Xbox 360
Minor consoles[edit]
- Game Wave Family Entertainment System
- HyperScan
- Zeebo
- Vii
- V.Flash
Open consoles[edit]
- UzeBox
- EVO Smart Console
Handheld Consoles[edit]
Major handhelds[edit]
- Nintendo DS
- PlayStation Portable
Minor handhelds[edit]
- Gizmondo
- Coleco Sonic
- Leapster Explorer
- Pocket Dream Console
- Mi2
- DIFRNCE MGC01
Open Platform Handhelds[edit]
- GP2X
- GP2X Wiz
- GP2X Caanoo
- Dingoo series
- Pandora
Canceled handhelds[edit]
- VIA MoMA Eve
- XGP
- GamBros handhelds
References[edit]
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- ↑'Exclusive: Survey Reveals Wii60 Effect, Console Popularity' (in en). https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/104990/Exclusive_Survey_Reveals_Wii60_Effect_Console_Popularity.php.
- ↑'Wii60 effect' real?' (in en). https://www.engadget.com/2007-05-22-wii60-effect-real.html.
- ↑Leadbetter, Richard (3 October 2009). 'Not so High Definition' (in en). https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-not-so-high-definition-article.
- ↑'Why 'Next-Gen Games' Went Gray, Brown, And Grey.' (in en). https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/PhilRA/20090606/84228/Why_quotNextGen_Gamesquot_Went_Gray_Brown_And_Grey.php.
- ↑'Great Geek Debate: Kinect vs. Move vs. Wii' (in en-us). https://www.wired.com/2012/01/kinect-move-wii/.
- ↑Ackerman, Dan. 'Motion control shoot-out: Xbox 360 Kinect vs. PlayStation Move vs. Nintendo Wii Remote Plus' (in en). https://www.cnet.com/news/motion-control-shoot-out-xbox-360-kinect-vs-playstation-move-vs-nintendo-wii-remote-plus/.
- ↑'Kinect vs. Move vs. Wii: Fight!' (in en). https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40328923.
- ↑Caron, Frank (5 February 2007). 'PSP battery mod kicks it old-school' (in en-us). https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2007/02/6906/.
- ↑Byford, Sam (4 December 2019). 'The portable PlayStations were Sony at its most ambitious' (in en). https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/4/20991654/psp-vita-portable-playstation-console-sony-25-anniversary.
- ↑Higginbotham, James (26 December 2008). 'Nintendo DS vs Nintendo 64...so what's more powerful?'. https://purenintendo.com/nintendo-ds-vs-nintendo-64so-whats-more-powerful/.
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