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*NINTENDO SWITCH*
(the nintendo switch is a ‘video game console’ developed by ‘nintendo’)
(released on ‘3 march 2017’)
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It is a hybrid console that can be used as a stationary and portable device.
Its wireless Joy-Con controllers, with standard buttons and directional analog sticks for user input, motion sensing, and tactile feedback, can attach to both sides of the console to support handheld-style play.
They can also connect to a Grip accessory to provide a traditional home console gamepad form, or be used individually in the hand like the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, supporting local multiplayer modes.
The Nintendo Switch’s software supports online gaming through Internet connectivity, as well as local wireless ad hoc connectivity with other Switch consoles.
Nintendo Switch games and software are available on both physical flash-based ROM cartridges and digital distribution via Nintendo eShop)
the system does not use region locking.
As an eighth-generation console, the Nintendo Switch competes with Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4.
Known in development by its codename NX, the concept of the Switch came about as Nintendo’s reaction to several quarters of financial losses into 2014, attributed to poor sales of its previous console, the Wii U, and market competition from mobile gaming.
Nintendo’s then-president Satoru Iwata pushed the company towards mobile gaming and novel hardware.
The Nintendo Switch’s design is aimed at a wide demographic of video game players through the multiple modes of use.
Nintendo opted to use more standard electronic components, such as a chipset based on Nvidia’s Tegra line, to make development for the console easier for programmers and more compatible with existing game engines.
As the Wii U had struggled to gain external support, leaving it with a weak software library, Nintendo preemptively sought the support of many third-party developers and publishers to help build out the Switch’s game library alongside Nintendo’s own first-party titles, including many independent video game studios.
While Nintendo initially anticipated around 100 titles for its first year, over 320 titles from first-party, third-party, and independent developers were released by the end of 2017.
The Nintendo Switch was unveiled in October 2016 and was released in most areas worldwide on March 3, 2017.
The console shipped nearly three million in the first month of its launch, exceeding Nintendo’s initial projection of two million, and within a year of release achieved over 14 million units sold worldwide, outselling total lifetime sales of the Wii U.
By the start of 2018, the Switch became the fastest-selling home console in both Japan and the United States.
As of December 2018, the Nintendo Switch has sold more than 32 million units worldwide.
Switch sales have been strongly tied to sales of Nintendo’s first-party titles, with five games,
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,
Super Mario Odyssey,
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and
Pokémon: Let’s Go
(…having sold over ten million units each)
(a handheld-focused revision of the system, called the Nintendo Switch Lite, was released on ’20 september 2019′)
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*NINTENDO WII U*
*NINTENDO WII*
(the wii is a ‘home video game console’ released by ‘nintendo’ on ’19 november 2006′)
As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3.
Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others.
(as of the first quarter of 2012, the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101 million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States)
The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions.
Another notable feature of the console is the now defunct WiiConnect24, which enabled it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode.
Like other seventh-generation consoles, it features a game download service, called “Virtual Console”, which features emulated games from past systems.
It succeeded the GameCube, and early models are fully backward-compatible with all GameCube games and most accessories.
Nintendo first spoke of the console at the E3 2004 press conference and later unveiled it at E3 2005.
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwatarevealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show.
At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards.
By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets.
In late 2011, Nintendo released a reconfigured model, the “Wii Family Edition”, which lacks Nintendo GameCube compatibility; this model was not released in Japan.
The Wii Mini, Nintendo’s first major console redesign since the compact SNES, succeeded the standard Wii model and was released first in Canada on December 7, 2012.
The Wii Mini can only play Wii optical discs, as it omits GameCube compatibility and all networking capabilities; this model was not released in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.
The Wii’s successor, the Wii U, was released on November 18, 2012.
(on ’20 october 2013′, ‘nintendo’ confirmed it had discontinued production of the ‘wii’ in ‘japan’ + ‘europe’, although the ‘wii mini’ is still ‘in production’ + ‘available’ in ‘europe’)
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