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Backward-compatible video game consoles

  • PlayStation 3Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi announced a partnership with Toshiba and IBM on the 9th of March 2001.
  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation console line, implemented a two-year feedback cycle after the launch of the PlayStation 4.
  • PlayStation 5Mark Cerny, the chief architect of the PlayStation 5, spent two years walking the floors of Sony's first-party development studios before a single line of…
  • PlayStation 3On the 9th of March 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi stood before a press conference and announced a partnership with IBM and Toshiba…
  • WiiOn the 24th of September 2001, Nintendo began collaborating with Gyration Inc., a company that held several patents in motion-sensing technology.
  • Sega GenesisIn the early 1980s, Sega Enterprises faced a severe downturn in its arcade business. Company revenues had surpassed $200 million between July 1981 and June…
  • PlayStation 2Ken Kutaragi began working on a second console around the time of the original PlayStation's launch in late 1994. He reportedly kept details of the…
  • Xbox 360Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360 on the 12th of May 2005, during a special program titled MTV Presents Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed.
  • Xbox Series X and Series SIndustry rumors of new Xbox hardware had started as early as June 2018, with Microsoft's Phil Spencer confirming they were deep into architecting the next…
  • Game Boy AdvanceIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada began experimenting with color screens for Nintendo's handheld line. They developed a prototype codenamed…
  • Nintendo 3DSNintendo began experimenting with stereoscopic 3D video game technology in the 1980s. The Famicom 3D System, an accessory consisting of liquid crystal…
  • Game Boy ColorIn the early 1990s, a team led by Satoru Okada experimented with color displays for Nintendo's handheld line. Their prototype carried the codename Project…
  • Nintendo DSIn mid-2002, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from his executive role to become an advisor. He proposed a new system built around two screens.
  • Master SystemSega released its first video game console, the SG-1000, in Japan on the 15th of July 1983. This launch occurred on the same day that Nintendo introduced the…
  • Wii UIn 2008, Nintendo began a quiet internal debate about the future of its home console business. The company recognized that the Wii had become associated…
  • Nintendo Switch 2Nintendo began pre-production of its next console shortly after the Switch's release, with a team reviewing the performance limitations of the original unit.