Sentences with phrase «as games consoles»

Family life suffers too, with less money to spend on food, fuel, clothes, technology such as games consoles or computers, as well as school trips and holidays.

As much as games consoles nowadays want to be «home entertainment hubs» you still buy them to have fun blowing stuff up, and the PlayStation 4 Pro does a better job of this the Xbox One S. Simple.

As games consoles go, the Xbox One S is rather handsome indeed.

For the most part, the appeal of smart TVs is that they allow for the installation of apps such as YouTube and Netflix, which allow viewers to use those services directly without having to connect a separate device such as a game console, a Roku box or an Apple TV.

Certainly, the new Mario platformer would have at its core a convincing argument for Wii U's existence as a game console.

It is also possible to connect two separate and individually selectable AV sources, such as a game console or digital camera.

Nintendo is marketing the system as a game console not only as a mobile.

@Kribwalker2h ago [@joerc So by your logic, which is rediculous by the way, this gen MS has Xbox and windows 10 devices as they are providing games on both platforms much like Sony was in the PS3, ps2 and vita, so MS market share is way beyond Sony this gen with more then 350million windows 10 devices already out there by July] So PC now count as game consoles now?

I think last generation got some people confused, with playstation having the responsibility of carrying blu ray into every home; it took a huge stress on its market share as a game console (late launch and unique hardware).

As a game console, the system is just what we expected, a new Nintendo device with HD visuals and innovative controls and charming features.

Sure, as a game console PS4 is better, but as far as multimedia's concerned I couldn't argue with him.

The company must brand Xbox One as a game console first and let the generic entertainment - seekers come later, which they will if Xbox One is popular enough to persuade them to buy the system in a couple years when the price comes down.

This version of the Seagate drive is bulky, needs to be plugged into the wall and costs almost as much as a game console.

The first ads to come out for the Wii sold it as a game console for little kids.

The Xbox One appears to have really made a u-turn as far as its perception as a games console is concerned.

As game consoles become more like cable television boxes, maybe it's time for video games to start becoming more like cable television shows.

This story, «How the Nvidia Shield TV holds up as a game console» was originally published by PCWorld.

Like other Android TV devices, Shield can be as much a media center as game console, but for NVIDIA, it's gaming where it really wants Shield to shine.

It's an inexpensive solution if you're using an Amazon Fire Stick in another room and want to boost the signal a bit to prevent any lag in your streaming.An Ethernet port helps connect wired devices such as a game console, smart TV or streaming player to your Wi - Fi network.

The NVIDIA Shield TV is the best set - top streamer you can buy, and it doubles as a game console.

Traditional game controllers are merely accessories of various gaming consoles and are not capable of storing gaining account information / data and communicating stored gaming account information / data with other devices, such as game console units, gaming servers, or the like.

There's no microSD slot, but the inclusion of DLNA support means you're able to wirelessly stream media such as photos and movies to other compatible devices such as game consoles and laptops.

Unlike all those competitors, Fire TV is also billed as a game console; you can purchase a $ 40, PlayStation / Xbox - like controller as an add - on.

Not exact matches

For instance: In 2012, Razer showcased a hybrid tablet / laptop that could be used as a (massive) handheld game console — it was called Project Fiona.

Analysts said the Switch is likely to offer a richer game lineup than its predecessor as the new console is powered by processor chips based on game developer - friendly architecture by designer ARM.

Better still for the company, the rush to buy a new Mario game is leading people to grab the company's Switch console system as well.

If you're in the market for a new game console — and you're not a crazy person like me who buys every game console, regardless of logic — you're looking for one to serve as many of your wants as possible.

As to whether 5G could mean more console games being brought to mobile devices, Hudak said the answer to the question is both yes and no.

Odds are good the Gear will go down as one of the fastest forgotten products of 2013, right up there with the Microsoft Surface tablets and Ouya game console.

Turtle Beach Corporation, the market leader in console video game headsets, has over the years developed audio technology that enables gamers to hear soft video game sounds such as footsteps around the corner and gun reloads off in the distance.

I read the funniest thing the other day courtesy of The Wall Street Journal: «Google Inc. is developing a video game console and wrist watch powered by its Android operating system, according to people familiar with the matter, as the internet company seeks to spread the software beyond smartphones and tablets.»

Are Android and Apple going to start counting maps as a major differentiator between their devices, the same way that Sony and Microsoft use exclusive games (Halo versus Uncharted) to urge customers toward their consoles?

«As the uptake of VR hardware plays out, game software revenues will automatically be absorbed into current PC, TV / console and mobile revenues,» the intelligence firm projected in the report.

Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat says the real potential for mobile doesn't lie in simple games to play when you have a minute or two to spare, but rather as a way to attract new paying customers to console games.

Obvious products such as iPads, iPhones and games consoles are a terrible idea, because they have too wide an appeal.

Fast - forward a few decades, and the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 and Nintendo's Wii have put consoles in one of every two homes in the U.S. and helped make video games a bigger business than the entire music industry — and almost as big as the movie industry.

The phenomenal numbers put Super Mario Odyssey on the path to becoming the best selling game for the Switch, Nintendo's latest gaming console; fans are buying it even faster than they bought The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, a launch title that was heralded as one of the best games in the Zelda franchise's history.

Hopes have been high in the game industry that the arrival of the three consoles will revitalize the sector, which has lagged from competition from smartphones and other mobile devices, wooing users with their own games, as well as social networking and other pastimes.

Here in the land of disc - gaming, players are going to be stuck with broken game consoles that need to be updated with new patches, fixes and firmware every day while, as usual, the future will arrive first in Japan.

Nintendo's new console may be fast, and it may be decently priced at just $ 300, and it may have a new, massive, excellent Zelda game as a launch title, but it has some tremendous limitations.

Video game maker Activision Blizzard announced on Monday plans buy «Candy Crush Saga» creator King Digital Entertainment for $ 5.9 billion, Reuters reported, as the heavyweight of console and PC gaming makes a major push into the faster - growing mobile market.

Legendary among gamers for its high - performance hardware, such as laptops, headphones, consoles, and other connected devices, San Francisco's Razer launched a $ 30 million fund, in 2016, to invest in the IoT.

While most new games or consoles are touted as awe - inspiring technological leaps that will draw players into fantastic made - up worlds, Labo is simple, elegant, and rooted in tangible reality.

Don't consider this a full review, because it isn't intended as such, but the first game for Nintendo's new console is one of Nintendo's best games in years.

Sony kicked off its virtual reality news by showing a demo of a new installment of the popular Resident Evil action - horror video game franchise that will work on both Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console as well as the new virtual reality headset.

He has access to three cells — one for living, one for studying and a third for physical exercise — as well as a television, a computer without Internet access, a games console, books and newspapers, and puzzles.

The Apple TV will run games such as Galaxy On Fire, Rayman Adventures, and «even games that [had] only been available on consoles, like the new Disney Star Wars game, called Disney Infinity,» said Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice-president, Internet software and services, during the company's presentation.

Thus games consoles could never see the consolidation around one platform or another, as long as the rival platforms could come up with compelling content.

Christine Arrington, senior analyst for games at IHS Technology, says that while Apple TV isn't worrying the console market just yet, it could eventually establish itself as a real player in that space.

Video games ironically emerged in the 1960s as a consumer - friendly demonstration of what computers could do, with consoles in the 1970s finally packing processing power into a couldn't - be-simpler device.