Nintendo's aversion to glasses could also rule out 3-D coming to its home console systems.
He said the U.S. home console sales were the worst for Nintendo in nearly a decade.
There's neither a new home console (Wii U) nor a portable one (PlayStation Vita) that relates to Microsoft SmartGlass effort.
The Wii U home console launched to great acclaim on Nov. 18 with the largest lineup of games in Nintendo history.
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One new title, "PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, " can be played on the home console and the Vita at the same time.
Smartphones are quickly becoming powerful mobile game consoles with the sorts of functionality and gameplay you would expect from a home console.
The new Wii U home console offers entirely new ways for consumers to play games in HD and enjoy their favorite programming.
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The Revolution will be the last home console Nintendo will make.
Little has changed in the feature's jump to the home console, and usage is straightforward -- just tap the onscreen buttons to save or restore.
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For example, Nintendo internally developed hardware that would allow players to enable 3-D on the GameCube, which was the home console that preceded the Wii.
Sure, Nintendo's 3DS or Sony's PS Vita might get you by, but neither can quite deliver the full-bore experience of a home console.
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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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My guess would be Apple, who has been quite successful with mobile gaming, so they might try some sort of home console system of their own.
It would be especially cool if the next installment were cross-buy and cross-play, as this sort of game would be great on a home console as well.
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.
Nintendo also said its Wii home console sold more than 7 million units in the U.S. in 2010 and has sold more than 34 million units to date.
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Finally, we got what may be our first hint at how the next-generation PlayStation home console is coming together, courtesy of a leaked developer document handed to Kotaku.
Hook-up the Razer Edge to the big screen with multiple gamepad controllers and Razer gear and tag team PC games with your friends for a complete home console experience.
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Part laptop, part tablet, part home console, and part portable console, the Razer Edge is the fruition of Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan's dream to create a "true" portable PC gaming machine.
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Yes, currently there are a few marginally fun video game titles through the gesture and body controlled Kinect system, but the applications for such technology reach far beyond the home console.
But SmartGlass is the broadest multi-screen initiative to come out of the major home console vendors, both in terms of the range of possibilities as well as the number of supported devices.
Still, the game handles quite well overall, and the combination of offensive combos, rolling and parrying, and running along walls all work at least almost as well as they do on a home console.
Final Mix was a Japan-only re-release of the first game, and the other two titles have only appeared on handhelds, so the fact that this is coming to a home console is certainly good news.
We're just a few days away from Sony's February 20th "see the future of" PlayStation event where we expect to see the next edition of its home console, and the rumor mill is buzzing.
Finally, the Razer Edge can be docked in the Docking Station as part of home console mode, which serves as a full desktop and charging resource with three USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, mic-in and stereo-out.
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LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, launches on Nintendo's Wii home console today with a launch on Nintendo's new HD home console Wii U to follow shortly, transforming the movie viewing experience for up to eight million UK Wii users who will now be able to select and instantly stream movies and TV shows with a wave of their Wii Remote.
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That it can be used as a standalone tablet, as well as a portable game console, as well as a home game console is extremely appealing.
If only it'd go further from its home base console than the 26 feet Nintendo's promising.
It is the work of Mark Turmell, the genius game creator who first received notoriety for NBA Jam, arguably the most popular sports game in arcade and home video console history.
Perhaps we need to point out that a home media console that stays turned on all the time, requires a fast broadband connection to be of any use to anyone, and powers multiple screens that go largely unwatched is the technology equivalent of taking a gas-guzzling SUV on a short trip to the mail.
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