With UltraViolet, consumers have greater flexibility and can watch or store purchased content on their terms whether it is on a mobile device, computer, television, game console, or storage device.
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In the past it has dismissed claims that it is working on a console-like device that would put its Steam online gaming service into a stand-alone box.
By including a Blu-ray optical drive in the PlayStation 3, it hopes to promote its own standard for the next generation of DVDs, and the console as a device for playing them.
Project SHIELD is by far the fastest mobile device we've worked on and it lets us put console quality graphics on a handheld device.
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The device bypasses the traditional console business model by allowing consumers to purchase gaming apps online and play them on the device.
Ultimately they could be your gaming console, TV and web device.
Diamond provides a 3-in-1 remote that features a keyboard, mouse and motion control, allowing you to use your television like a computer device or a game console.
To help make its forthcoming hardware more palatable to gamers, Nintendo plans to offer the "Wii U Pro Controller, " a more traditional button-laden device along with the console as an alternative to the GamePad.
Afaria is a multi-tenant product, meaning it can manage multiple device types from a single console.
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Sony, which recently stopped manufacturing PlayStation 2 for sale in some territories, could re-launch the console as a low-cost gaming device.
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"The console is something more than a gaming device, " said Mr Wargo.
This patent application is much more concerned with viewing and interacting with the device, almost as a console, than it is with actually communicating.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) knew this, and it was one of the first to build a game console that truly served as a multimedia device.
But in an effort to provide a portable gaming experience that was on par with that of a home console, Sony built a more expensive device.
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To keep the party going, songs can be queued via the top navigation through search, browse or SmartGlass integration, which connects a tablet or mobile device to the Xbox 360 console.
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Much as Nintendo's promised Wii U incorporates a handheld device with gameplay on a traditional console, players will be able to enhance gameplay on their mobile devices as well.
And the fact that Apple recently sold its 400 millionth iOS device means that both mobile and console game developers will continue to flock toward the iPhone (and iPad) as a way to reach an instant, incredibly massive and diverse audience.
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This allows users the opportunity to upgrade or replace a current USB storage device that is connected to the Wii U Console.
Over the past few years, Microsoft has built the Xbox from a gaming console into an entertainment hub capable of serving as the central device in any living room setup.
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It had the leading game console at the time, it had a phenomenally successful portable gaming device, it had the most respected TVs in the market, its cameras were doing brisk business and it had a line of computers that were sufficient.
Namely, the console will ship with a new version of Microsoft's motion-sensing camera controller, Kinect, and that the device, "must be plugged in and calibrated for the console to even function, " the piece says.
While the company should be applauded for planning to release a new home console in 2012, it should not do so at the expense of an existing device.
It's a full-featured Android tablet, a full-featured gaming console with a controller when docked on the TV and it's a smart TV device.
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The company said it has also created new connections between the PlayStation 4 and its handheld videogame console, the PlayStation Vita, allowing customers to play games running on the PlayStation 4 on the mobile device.
Of the big three, Nintendo is slated to lock in more launch details for its Wii U device, which is expected to offer game developers the ability to offer apps for both the console and the wireless tablet controller through a Nintendo App Store.
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