Sentences with phrase «than a gaming console»

Mills calculated that a typical gaming computer uses 1,400 kilowatt - hours per year, or six times more energy than a typical PC and 10 times more than a gaming console.

Not exact matches

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.

The company still designs very unique computer chassis, like the triangle - shaped Area - 51 desktop — which can shred through Windows 10 or any game in encounters — to its tiny Alpha gaming desktop, which looks and plays more like a gaming console than a PC.

Some campaigns experience immediate and wild success — like the one for OUYA, a gaming console, that raised more than $ 2 million on its first day on Kickstarter — while others develop over time, reaching their goal only in the last few hours.

The private, Kirkland, Wash. - based company last week announced a new video game console, operating system and game controller that, other than a pure commercial play, could be interpreted as the PC - focused company's effort to arrest ongoing declines in PC gaming generally.

GoPro «channels» that air videos — from close - ups of hummingbirds to a base jumper flinging herself off a cliff in high heels — are already available on Virgin America flights and Xbox gaming consoles, while a YouTube channel has more than 2 million subscribers.

While Nintendo shares jumped more than 10 percent in Tokyo, according to a CNN report, China's gaming market has proliferated for over a decade in the absence of consoles through the popularity of PCs, mobile devices and online gaming — leaving questions as to whether consumers will choose to re-adapt.

Microsoft built on the fact that we now do more with our gaming consoles than just play games.

Children under 5 years old are exposed to more screens than ever before, including televisions, computers, gaming consoles, smartphones and tablets.

The purpose of this site is to introduce people to the world of girl - oriented anime gaming, where you play a female PC games, also known as computer games or personal computer games, are video games played on a personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console

Unfortunately it doesn't do a successful job at presenting a memorable game, as its control is far from effective, its AI is often too aggressive and the game betrays its origins as something designed for mobile devices, rather than for gaming consoles.

The Best Buy Black Friday ad just hit and it's a doozy with more than 75 price cuts to console gaming gear, along with drops on things like PC equipment, smartwatches, smartphones and even a decent VR deal.

Maybe handheld gaming is more «enjoyable» to people than home console gaming?

PC gaming has less software sells than consoles now.

If Sony and Micro (shit) do make consoles with better hardware (which they probably will), considering they haven't even made games to the full extent of the ps3 (and the WiiU is more powerful) the new consoles will be more advanced than what gaming is capable of at that moment.

With the Nintendo Switch launching in less than a month, the gaming world has its eyes set on Nintendo's next console.

Point and Click adventure games were extremely popular in the 90s, but fell to the wayside once console gaming became more popular than computer gaming.

Even though the ps4 couldn't hold a candle to even the weakest of mid grade gaming pc, the casual gamer will still go for a PS4 because it has better specs than my favorite console the Wii U and my least favorite xb1.

The new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles were so popular that at the peak of sales for each console, customers bought more than 1,000 units per minute.

Smartphones, televisions, laptop computers, gaming consoles and e-readers are all on gift lists this holiday season, with more than half of consumers anticipate spending between $ 250 and $ 500 on tech products.

HTC has made a sizable investment in the cloud gaming service OnLive, according to SlashGear, and there will be a version of their controller than can connect to the HTC Flyer and allow you to play console quality games through it.

The company has plans to launch more than 12 AAA games titles for this gaming console in 2015.

Mobile games, in particular, are the fastest growing segment of the gaming market as smartphone and tablet owners are using their devices for game - playing on the Internet, increasingly more than desktops and consoles.

Yes, it's certainly true that the iPad has many more tablet - optimised apps, and for those that primarily intend to use their tablet as a gaming console then the iPad offers many more games than Android does.

In general, though, when it comes to streaming content to your gaming console, it can be a bit more complicated than using a dedicated device.

«Gaming media journalists» and «random developers» are scarier than the console vendor architects that actually know what they are talking about.

Innovative new consoles such as the Nintendo Wii helped videogames expand their reach to families and gaming was seen as something more than just geeky pastime.

Look, I won't pretend that ALL PC gamers are the same as the ones I've had the displeasure of dealing with, and I won't pretend that PC gaming doesn't offer far more options than console gaming ever will.

neither of you own a ps4 imo if you did you would not being saying the cr*p like that there are far more games on the ps4 and more diverse and therefore a much better rounded experience than the xbox1 and much more too come i still like the xbox1 but anyone who owns both consoles who is honest must admit that the ps4 is the better console in all aspects of gaming / hardware.

Of note, Japanese online gaming is so niche that the term MMORPG has very little meaning to your average online gamer, who tends to be more of a console shooter fan than PC playboys / girls.

- parents spent on average $ 131 on toys to life games over the last six months - almost 80 percent of families considered this a good investment - two thirds are planning to invest further - 70 percent of parents in the U.S. are familiar with Interactive Gaming Toys - 41 percent own more than one franchise - 77 percent said it was definitely or probably worth the investment - only 7 percent of families have abandoned play altogether - within households currently playing toys to life games, 52 percent indicate that adults are among those that play - among Nintendo amiibo - playing households with children, 21 % of parents say that only they are playing these games - with other franchises, less then 10 percent of adults play in the household - 22 percent of total character playtime is spent playing with the figurines as toys and not with a video game console - 40 percent of parents state that that their 13 - 17 year olds continue to play with characters like toys or action figures

Whilst the gaming industry is trumpeting 4K and VR for next gen, let's be honest, pushing pretty visuals is still gonna mean that maybe more than half of any PS / MS console bound game is going to be 1080p / 60 fps.

The main responsibility of a hard drive is to store your information on a computer, or as in this case, your gaming console (which really is nothing more than a computer optimized for playing video games).

But honestly I would even say that not Sony, nor Microsoft or Nintendo are doing bad and they're all winner's this gen.. You may ask why I would say that well if it isn't obvious then maybe you should start looking at console gaming for more than just one thing.

I have to admit that with my PC and console gaming heritage touch - screen and tilt controls have never really done it for me in anything more than basic games, so having actual controls under my fingers felt good.

Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Scorpio console will also support 4K gaming, and most gaming PC's are perfectly capable of handling games in a much sharper resolution than Full HD.

Sony is one of the largest companies in the world, and it has developed more than a few successful and popular products, but the PlayStation (the original and all subsequent editions) is definitely their most successful product line, as well as the most successful gaming console in the world.

But even though Sony's fourth gaming console packs arguably the greatest amount of power than any other console, it still has plenty of room for upgrades.

Sony is doing great with console sales right now, but it won't last forever, particularly since PC gaming has become very easy to get into, and you can do it at a lower cost than ever before.

What you fail to realize is that today's gaming console are not balanced.That said, the GPU is much more powerful than the CPU which sucks.

While most pc - gamers probably won't be able to relate, it's our experience that these gaming laptops provide more fluid gameplay and better graphics than both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.

The biggest advantage consoles used to have over the PC was that they were simpler, allowing users to just plug them in and get playing but they've largely lost that advantage these days through stupidity, while PC gaming has become easier than ever thanks to things like Steam.

Not only is pc gaming not more expensive than consoles, the assembly is extremely easy.

Sony needs to realize that this generation of consoles and the people who are buying into the ps3 that online gaming and it's psn / Home service matter a hell of a lot more than last gen and at this stage the Playstation is behind it's competitor on the online front I am a happy ps3 owner but can see why some refuse to buy into it just yet, however i think millions of potential ps3 owners are just biding there time and will come flocking to the system once a price of around # 299 is reached.

I enjoy console gaming more than PC gaming and the hit in graphics don't bother me one bit.

Since then, eSports has become a global phenomenon with more than 120 million people watching online competitive gaming each year and Call of Duty continues to lead as the top console eSports franchise in the world.»

I have been actively gaming on consoles since 1986, starting with Nintendo, and currently I hold more Sony consoles than anything; though I am also an active PC gamer on Steam, League of Legends, World of Warcraft, and just about anything else I can get my hands on.

As far as gaming events go, it doesn't get any bigger than a console launch.

The relentless progress of technology is what made the # 300 Digital Foundry PC so much more capable than current - gen console, and a great jumping on point for cheap, quality PC gaming.

Not much is known at this point other than the fact that it will benefit from at least 6 teraflops of power, making it the most powerful gaming console on the market when it is released.