The evolution of Nintendo home consoles (1).pptx

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1. The Evolution Of Home Consoles

2. What is Nintendo? Nintendo is a Japanese multinational video game company. It develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.

3. Timeline of Nintendo Home consoles

4. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home console produced by Nintendo it first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the Family Computer (Famicom). It was released in US test market as the redesigned NES in October 1985, and fully launched in the US in the following year. The NES was distributed in Europe, Australia and Parts of Asia throughout the 1980’s Under various names. As a third- generation Console it mainly competed with Sega master system. Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

5. Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit home console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America. In Japan it was called the Super Famicom (SFC). In South Korea it was called the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai elections. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. In Russia and CIS, the system was distributed by Steepler from 1994 to 1996.

6. Nintendo 64 (N64) Nintendo 64 (N64) The Nintendo 64 is a home console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996 and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. The successor to the SNES, it was the last major console to use cartridges as it’s primary storage format until the Nintendo switch in 2017.As a fifth-gen console, the N64 primarily competed with Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn.

7. Nintendo GameCube The Nintendo GameCube is a home console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3 2002, and in Australia on May 17 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64. As a sixth-gen console, the GameCube primarily competed with PlayStation 2, Sega Dreamcast and Microsoft Xbox. A GameCube controller

8. Consoles sold (million) 30 60 120 240 N64 32.93 M 21.74 M Nintendo GameCube

9. Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii The Nintendo Wii is a home console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19,2006 in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo’s fifth major home console, following the GameCube, and is a seventh-gen console alongside Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

10. N64 Nintendo GameCube Wii Only 1.27x more powerful than the GameCube.

11. Consoles sold (million) 30 60 120 240 21.74 M Nintendo GameCube 101.63 M Wii

12. Wii U Wii U The Wii U is a home console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it was the eight-gen video game console and competed with PlayStation 4 and Xbox one. The Wii U was the first Nintendo console to support HD graphics.