As of 2023, there have been nine console generations, with the current leading manufactures being Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo past console manufacturers have included Atari, Fairchild, Mattel, Coleco, Sega, NEC, 3DO, and SNK.Ī home video game console is a predesigned piece of electronic hardware that is meant to be placed at a fixed location at one's home, connected to a display like a television screen or computer monitor, and to an external power source, to play video games on using one or more video game controllers. Historically these consoles have been grouped into generations lasting each about six years based on common technical specifications. There have been numerous home video game consoles since the first commercial unit, the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few games fixed into the electronic circuits of the system, most consoles since support the use of swappable game media, either through game cartridges, optical discs, or through digital distribution to internal storage. Home consoles are generally less powerful and customizable than personal computers, designed to have advanced graphics abilities but limited memory and storage space to keep the units affordable. A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games.
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