Already faced with the difficult challenge of replicating the triumph of the Wii, Nintendo's new product also needed to save its loyal customers from the temptation of cheap smartphones and tablets. The...

As smartphones surge in adoption, the videogame market is experiencing an unusual growth led by discount App Stores and affordable development licenses. With this, one can only wonder when kids will prefer...

Gone are the days of '3D-attempts', Nintendo's new offering consists of a clean and powerful break from its predecessor that will open the door to new, original and unseen content. It's worth pointing...

The Game Boy series can be imagined as a portable version of the NES with limited power, but you'll see that it included very interesting new functionality. Architecture of Consoles: A Practical Analysis Looking...

The internal design of the Game Boy Advance is quite impressive for a portable console that runs on two AA batteries. This console will carry on using Nintendo's signature GPU. Additionally, it will introduce...

Hudson and NEC joined forces to kickstart the 4th generation of consoles. Unfortunately, their efforts will be eventually eclipsed once the competition arrives. Nonetheless, their console will stay on...

Released a year before its main competitor, the Xbox 360 was already claiming technological superiority against the yet-to-be-seen Playstation 3. But while the Xbox 360 might be the flagship of the 7th...

The Playstation 2 was not one of the most powerful consoles of its generation, yet it managed to achieve a level of popularity unthinkable for other companies. This machine is nowhere near as simple as...

The Sega Dreamcast introduced many new features over its predecessor (the Saturn) to appeal to both game developers and console gamers. While this was Sega's last attempt to conquer the console market,...

Sega (and their TV ads) want you to know: Developers can't come up with decent games unless the console provides faster graphics and richer sounds. Their new system includes lots of already familiar components...

A console often summarised by its short lifespan and limited colour space. While technically correct, I believe these attributes tend to overlook other surprising properties.In this article, I invite...

In 2006, Sony unveiled the long-awaited 'next generation' video-game console, a shiny (albeit heavy) machine whose underlying hardware architecture continues the teachings of the Emotion Engine, that...

Nintendo's goal was to give players the best graphics possible, for this it will partner with one of the biggest players in computer graphics to produce the ultimate graphics chip.The result was a nice-looking...

Released just one month after the Nintendo DS, Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) proved that 'horizontal innovation' is not the only way to succeed in the portable console market. This article is dedicated...

Sony knew that 3D hardware can get very messy to develop for. Thus, their debuting console will keep its design simple and practical... Although this may come with a cost! Architecture of Consoles: A...

It seems that Microsoft has decided to pick up where Sega left off. Their offer? A system with familiarities appreciated by developers and online services welcomed by users. Architecture of Consoles:...

This console is an interesting answer to many needs that weren't possible to fulfil in the handheld ecosystem. There will be some innovation and a few compromises, but this combination may pave the way...

The Master System comes from a long line of succession. What started as a collection of off-the-shelf components, has now gained a new identity thanks to Sega's engineering. Architecture of Consoles:...

It seems Nintendo managed to bring the next generation of graphics and sounds without using expensive off-the-shelf components. But there's a catch: the new console was also designed with expandability...

At first glance, the NES appears to be just another 6502 computer, with a sophisticated case and a controller. And while this is technically true, let me show you why the CPU is not the central part of...

Straight from the arcade world, the Neo Geo was, without a doubt, the most expensive hardware of the 4th generation. This begs the question: how capable was it and how did it compare with the rest? In...

Welcome to the 3D era! Well... sorta. Sega enjoyed quite a success with the Megadrive so there's no reason to force developers to write 3D games right now. Just in case developers want the extra dimension,...

Even though the Wii lacked the state of art graphics its competitors enjoyed, new types of control and innovative software gave this console new areas to brag about. Here we will analyse every aspect...