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Discontinued video game consoles

  • PlayStation 3Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi announced a partnership with Toshiba and IBM on the 9th of March 2001.
  • PlayStation (console)On the morning of the 27th of January 1991, Howard Lincoln stepped onto a stage in Las Vegas and announced that Nintendo had abandoned its partnership with…
  • GameCubeIn May 1998, ArtX entered into a partnership with Nintendo to undertake the complete design of the system logic and graphics processor.
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • Sega SaturnIn 1992, Sega began developing the Saturn while its Model 1 arcade hardware was already proving that 3D polygonal graphics could captivate players.
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemOn the 9th of September 1987, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi revealed the development of the Super Famicom in a newspaper article published by Kyoto…
  • Nintendo 64In 1993, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi met with Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark to discuss a new console partnership.
  • DreamcastIn 1997, Sega faced a crisis that would define its future. The company had just reported its first consolidated net loss since listing on the Tokyo Stock…
  • 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…
  • TurboGrafx-16In July 1985, Hudson Soft approached Nintendo with a proposal for a new add-on to the Famicom. This device would use patented Bee Cards to store full games…
  • 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 Entertainment SystemOn the 15th of July 1983, the Famicom console arrived in Japanese stores with a price tag of ¥68,000. Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had demanded a…
  • Atari 2600In late 1975, MOS Technology debuted the 6502 microprocessor for $25 at the Wescon trade show in San Francisco. Engineers Steve Mayer and Ron Milner of Cyan…
  • Amiga CD32Commodore announced the Amiga CD32 at the Science Museum in London on the 16th of July 1993. British media greeted the event with great fanfare despite the…
  • OuyaOn the 10th of July 2012, the Ouya project launched a campaign to gauge interest in its new home video game console. The initial goal was $950,000 with one…