They have 8 million registered gamers who compete in console or PC games.
Companies involved in console, PC, online, and social and mobile game publishing and development, qualified business partners, as well as makers of video game hardware and peripherals can exhibit.
Meanwhile, in console-land we have three current-gen systems with a huge catalog of really good games, the upcoming Wii U, and the next-gen offerings by Sony and Microsoft coming next year.
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Pachter reported Microsoft led the way in console sales last month, selling 355, 000 Xbox 360 units in the U.S. However, that figure is down 21 percent compared to the same period last year.
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The Konami Code is perhaps the most famous cheat code ever, a controller sequence that unlocked extra lives and virtual goodies in console games including Contra, Gradius, and Gyruss.
In May, according to market research firm NPD Group, U.S. retail video game sector sales were down 14% from the same month last year, due largely to a 19% drop in console game software sales.
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But as was the case in console-based gaming, the Chinese government has intervened, says Ning Liu, an analyst at BDA. Licensing of new versions of foreign games has been delayed, and local firms have gradually learnt to develop their own products.
Fifteen years later, entrenched in the console wars and caught in the crosswinds of massive shifts across the gaming industry, Sony Computer Entertainment once again reprises the role of the underdog as it prepares to meet the oncoming competition.
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The single biggest problem is that, given all the joystick's fussiness, there isn't a physical "back" button in the console, a lesson BMW learned in revising the despised iDrive.
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In game console terms, DRM is a code that allows users to access a game's content.
Kinect is driving higher adoption and market share gains for Xbox in the console segment.
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We expect it to gain market share in the console market throughout the forecast period.
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Of course, neither Sony's stumbles nor Nintendo's wins spell outright victory in the console wars.
We saw that happen in the console space with games like 'Guitar Hero' and 'Wii Fit.
It does have some interesting lights in the console to let you know you've hit the rev limiter, however.
Sony delayed the release of its PlayStation 3 so it could include the pricey Blu-Ray technology in its console.
And it could start Valve down the road that ends in a console.
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Gamers have become used to a business model where the next challenger in the console wars is always another console.
Toys that you level up in the console, those get transported onto the Web world with their accomplishments and level-ups intact.
Another debate currently raging in the console market is if graphics are even still as important as they used to be.
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Its portable game systems outsell the competition 2 to 1, but failure in the console market isn't an option for Nintendo either.
But there's no hand brake lever or shift lever in the console.
As the campaign page makes clear, Ouya is an appeal to openness in the console market and a bid for innovation and access, sure.
The Microsoft strategy sounds more like a niche strategy for hard-core gamers, in which case it's investment in a console strategy should be smaller and more targeted.
If Sony is going to take an early lead in the console war, there are a few things that it needs to have learned from its last outing.
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Of the 229 who responded, 60% said they liked a shift lever in the console, and another 15% said they preferred a traditional shift lever on the steering column.
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The contest judges entrants on how effectively they use the OUYA platform too, including processor, sound, controller integration, in-game payments and other elements available in the console's development kit.
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It's too early in the console war to tell if the Wii's upstart strategy will help Nintendo gain ground against Microsoft and Sony, both 800-pound gorillas of the gaming world.
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