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Video game consoles may use one or more data storage devices, such as hard disk drives, optical discs, and memory cards for downloaded content. [2] A home video game console requires a computer monitor or television set as an output. [3] Handheld controllers are commonly used as input devices.
A size comparison of the (top to bottom) Wii (2006), GameCube (2001), Nintendo 64 (1996), North American SNES (1991) and the NES outside of Japan (1985) The Japanese multinational consumer electronics company Nintendo has developed seven home video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other hardware for their consoles.
Wii December 7, 2006 2,100,000 [119] April 4, 2011 Sony PlayStation November 15th, 1995 1,000,000 [120] April 1999 Microsoft Xbox 360 March 2, 2006 700,000 [121] June 2009 Sega Master System 1987 650,000 [122] November 1994 Nintendo Nintendo 64 March 1st, 1997 500,000 [123] January 1999 Sega Mega Drive 1990 300,000 [124] November 1994 Sony ...
Nintendo continued to sell the revised Wii model and the Wii Mini alongside the Wii U during the Wii U's first release year. During 2013, Nintendo began to sunset certain Wii online functions as they pushed consumers towards the Wii U as a replacement system or towards the offline Wii Mini, though the Wii Shop Channel remained available. [68]
The duration from the eighth generation until the start of the ninth was one of the longest in history, having started in 2012 with the release of Nintendo's Wii U.Past generations typically had five-year windows as a result of Moore's law, [9] but Microsoft and Sony instead launched mid-console redesigns, the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro. [10]
The Wii Shop Channel is a discontinued digital distribution service for the Wii video game console. The service allowed users to purchase and play additional software for the Wii (called Channels), including exclusive games (branded WiiWare), and games from prior generations of video games (marketed with the Virtual Console brand). [2]
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The following is a list of the 427 games that were available on the Virtual Console for the Wii in North America. These games could also be played on the Wii U through Wii Mode, but lack the additional features found in Wii U Virtual Console releases. The games are sorted by system and in the order they were added in the Wii Shop Channel. To ...