For years, Microsoft has been successfully positioning the system as more than just a games console.
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Playcast Media is an on demand gaming service delivered via your TV without a games console.
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It has hopes that a revamped games console, the Wii U, will return it to profitability.
Dale describes how, inside, he had use of his own TV and a games console.
Microsoft's patent suggests that current games console systems are constrained by their reliance on a single screen.
Next month, the company is launching the Wii U, its first new games console in six years.
Sony's argument that teenagers need to be shown how to use its PlayStation computer-games console is ridiculous.
The maker of the Playstation games console and Bravia televisions has lost money for the past four years.
For many people without a games console or HDMI hookup to their computer, that means a Roku set-top box.
In addition to XP, Microsoft is also launching Xbox, its entree into the profitable games console market, and .
Very much the same economics can be seen in the games console market.
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But I ask for a year to improve and home advantage, on my games console at my place in London.
The microconsole plugs into a TV, like a games console, but almost no computation is being done at the client side.
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The Philips Soundbar also includes a second HDMI port that allows you to easily link your media system or games console.
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Other companies have also prospered by providing easy-to-use products: think of the Nintendo Wii video-games console or the Flip video camera.
In his keynote, Mr Ballmer also gave CES attendees an update on its plans for its Xbox games console and Windows Phone 7.
Demand for the portable games console - the PlayStation Vita - has also been weaker than expected, forcing Sony to cut sales forecasts.
Reviews for the long-awaited 3DS are coming in as Nintendo prepares to release the the handheld 3D games console in North America this Sunday.
After enjoying massive success in Europe, Gametel, a Bluetooth controller that transforms smartphones and tablets into a portable games console, is heading to America.
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In July of this year, a 22-year-old man became the first person in the UK to be convicted for modifying a video games console.
Initially the system will allow file-sharing with Sony's PSP games console, Nokia's N-series mobile, Sony Ericsson's Walkman and Cybershot handsets and Microsoft's Windows Mobile smartphones.
It will also have a bearing on Google's attempt to block Microsoft's Xbox games console and other products from sale in the US and Germany.
Nintendo said it would launch its Wii U games console on 18 November in the US, 30 November in Europe, and 8 December in Japan.
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The handset maker was granted an injunction last week by a court in Mannheim covering sales of the Xbox 360 games console and Windows 7 software.
The HMZ Personal 3D Viewer can be connected to a blu-ray player or games console, and is directed firmly at those who enjoy movies and gaming alone.
This time round she'll have to battle games from a new rival - Sega's 128-bit Dreamcast - a games console which also gives access to the internet.
The depth-sensing, motion tracking camera, designed for the XBox games console, was a hit with gamers, but also captured the imagination of hardware developers around the world.
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In the past few months a similar boxing game has made its way into millions of living rooms, following the introduction of the Wii, Nintendo's latest games console.
This age group also now spends an average of 6.6 hours a week gaming - almost 30% use an online games console to access the internet from home.
It would erode a significant advantage iOS has over its competition right now the very specific hardware targets make building for iPhone and iPad much like building for a games console.
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