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Mostly, though, countries seem to be exploiting economic success to update their hardware while the going is good.
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Both console makers have taken an unusually long time to update the hardware that is crucial to driving demand in the lucrative game category.
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Each flagship Samsung Smart TV comes with a Smart Evolution slot at the back of the TV that allows consumers to easily update the hardware and software on their TVs so that they can stay up-to-date with the latest innovations.
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Traditional PC gamers are used to paying a premium for computing power and the ability to constantly update and modify their hardware while consoles have historically attracted people looking for a cheaper, simpler and more stable platform on which to play games (the current generation of consoles have been around for six to seven years).
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Because technology, both hardware and software, tends to operate on an annual update cycle, every year you have to worry about a competitor leapfrogging you in that cycle.
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Your handset producer has to have altered the update so that it works on your specific piece of hardware.
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Update: Among other things, Elop flatly denied rumors that the company might sell its hardware unit to Microsoft.
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The Wii U controller contains the same motion tracking hardware as a Nintendo Wiimote, which means the system can track its relative position at all times, and update the controller screen depending on its orientation.
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