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	PlayStation 2: Computer Games - Computer Games /1: An Introduction - Article at Ps2Fantasy.com
		In discussions between console fans and PC fans, there are some arguments that both parties use to bring water to their mill.
		We talked about some of the obvious advantages of consoles that make us love them, we talked about points where victory of one party over another is impossible to determine, so it's now time to talk about some of the advantages that make PC gaming unique, exciting, and the true land of the creative gamer.
		Consoles are often compatible only with proprietary software and hardware, so you basically always have to follow the rules of console manufacturers.
	www.ps2fantasy.com /files/articles/60/?page=3 (946 words)

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	GameSpy.com - Article
		Ignoring the admittedly niche Neo Geo, he claimed that this had created the industry's first ten-year console lifecycle.
		This legacy continues with the PlayStation 2, which House touted as the first machine to make the transition from dedicated game console to multifunction entertainment device.
		The answer, House explained, is through both software innovation and hardware innovation during the console's lifecycle.
	archive.gamespy.com /gdc2004/house (670 words)

	Perfect Dark Zero - GameCritics.com
		Console launches are funny things—for the most part, early adopters run out and drop bucketloads of money on new systems not because there's a killer game they have to play, but because they need to have the newest toy before everyone else on the block.
		Early in a console's lifecycle, the potential of the platform is apparently as important as what there is to play on it.
		Back in those days, console FPSs hadn't made the huge strides in terms of playability that they have now, and a game like Rare's would have been a decent excursion into the realm of run-and-gun gameplay.
	www.gamecritics.com /review/pdzero/main.php (1547 words)

	Use of a Game Over: Emulation and the Video Game Industry, A White Paper
		Console manufacturers and game publishers should consider how to build their competitive advantage by responding to the unmet consumer demand that drives the emulation phenomenon, pricing their products reasonably and dynamically so as not to drive customers to emulators, and using the law judiciously to protect their intellectual capital.
		Each console is designed for obsolescence: during the final year of its lifecycle, a next generation console is introduced, and users are migrated from the old console to the new one.
		Console manufacturers must remain vigilant and carefully observe the market; the solution provided by embracing emulation will be short-lived if console manufacturers are not poised to respond proactively to the next trend.
	www.law.northwestern.edu /journals/njtip/v2/n2/3 (10109 words)

	GamingWorld - X Clusive Inside the X: "Stretch"
		What’s most interesting is that Sony, the current market leader, is actually suggesting extending the life of the current consoles to go beyond that of the typical five year lifecycle.
		While one console maker, or maybe two, would likely go for the idea in theory, another would simply see it as an opportunity to gain an advantage on the others by releasing their next console early.
		We would actually get to see our current consoles get every last drop of power squeezed out of them before moving on to the next, which also tends to breed creativity when developers find that they reached a plateau in console power, as it forces them to get creative on how they share resources.
	www.gamingworldx.com /features/InsidetheXStretch.shtml (985 words)

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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Perfect Dark Zero for Xbox 360 at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Console launches are funny things—for the most part, early adopters run out and drop bucketloads of money on new systems not because there's a killer game they have to play, but because they need to have the newest toy before everyone else on the block.
		Looking back over the years, most of the major console launch line-ups have been pretty abysmal—but this hasn't stopped each new console released from selling like hotcakes right out of the gate.
		It took Rare a whole console generation to do it, but PD0 is that game—and the wait wasn't really worth it.
	www.epinions.com /content_222178479748 (1581 words)

	Next Generation - Interactive Entertainment Today, Video Game and Industry News - TRENDS: Does Rumble Matter?
		The question for console manufacturers, the main driver in the decision to incorporate TouchSense, is whether or not the change in process would be worth it, and if the mass market really cares about improved haptic capabilities.
		For console manufacturers, that mac and cheese is economical, consumers seem pretty satisfied with it and it keeps the mac and cheese guys from starving.
		Microsoft is also no stranger to changing controller design during a console's lifecycle (see the "Duke" to controller S transition).
	www.next-gen.biz /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3687&Itemid=2 (1586 words)

	GameDaily BIZ: U.S. Video Game Sales Up 15.5% in April
		Total console software sales were $395 million, up nearly 16 percent over April 2005, although down 21 percent sequentially from this March.
		Console hardware sales increased over 90% versus the prior year, and the 360 was a major contributor to that performance," NPD Group Entertainment Industry Analyst Anita Frazier told GameDaily BIZ.
		The console transition appears to be another area where Frazier and Pachter don't fully agree.
	biz.gamedaily.com /industry/feature/?id=12700 (1282 words)

	Microsoft reports Q3 losses on Xbox 360 division // GamesIndustry.biz
		Microsoft revealed a Q3 loss of USD 388 million in its Home and Entertainment division, which houses the Xbox 360 console, despite a gain in revenue and an overall profit for the company.
		Revenue for the division, which also incorporates PC games, the Home Products Division, and TV platform products for the interactive television industry, was posted at USD 1.06 billion, but the loss was a significant increase on the USD 175 million lost in the same quarter a year prior.
		Overall revenue for the company was noticeably more positive, with revenues up 13 per cent on the same quarter in 2005, at USD 10.9 billion, and overall profit showing an increase of 17 per cent at USD 3.89 billion for the quarter.
	www.gamesindustry.biz /content_page.php?aid=16432 (257 words)

	Super Nintendo Entertainment System at AllExperts
		In addition many US gamers had come to expect backwards compatibility from console developers (as was the case with the Atari 2600 and 7800), but the SNES was not designed to play NES cartridges.
		Since the North American console has protruding grooves, the Japanese/PAL game paks could not be inserted without the removal of these grooves and North American game paks being completely rectangular could not fit into the slightly curved opening of the Japanese and PAL console units.
		Games towards the end of the console's lifecycle, such as Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, could detect this deadlock situation and refuse to run, so it later became common to install a switch that disconnected and connected the lockout chip as required.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/su/super_nintendo_entertainment_system.htm (4517 words)

	Sony to cut PlayStation 2 prices
		The great console crash of 1983 happened, in part, because of a misunderstanding of what is now known as the "console lifecycle." Back then, video games were so new that industry people didn't understand why folks wouldn't just keep buying Atari 2600 cartridges forever.
		In these enlightened days, of course, we all understand that as the technology inside a console ages, the demand for it drops, and only the release of a next-generation unit can bring sales back from the doldrums.
		The console market is shaping up to be an interesting battle, with the Xbox 360 stumbling out of the gate with limited product availability but starting to pick up steam, and the PlayStation 3 launch delayed until November.
	www.arstechnica.com /news.ars/post/20060413-6594.html (651 words)

	10 Years To The Next PlayStation - MegaGames console
		Microsoft's Xbox 360 which was released a year and a half earlier has managed to secure 5.3 million units sold.
		But Sony's president is playing down the aforementioned numbers by suggesting that PS3 has a life expectancy of 10 years as opposed to the usual console's lifecycle of 5 years.
		All the while, the more expensive PlayStation 3 continues to suffer from the lack of titles.
	www.megagames.com /news/html/console/10yearstothenextplaystation.shtml (203 words)

	SOC142 Project - Console Gaming Industry
		The new millenium is heralded with the launch of a new generation in the console world.
		Sega was the first to fire a round in the console war, launching the Dreamcast in the U.S. and Europe with unprecedented success, even though sales in Japan were met with lukewarm success.
		Hardware manufactures usually take a loss early in a console's lifecycle and make up for it in licensing fees.
	www.soc.duke.edu /~s142tm06/players.html (1305 words)

	Microsoft sees brisk Xbox 360 sales--and big-game losses - News at GameSpot
		Microsoft was eager to tout the console's success, announcing that it shipped over 1.8 million Xbox 360 units during the quarter, bringing its international installed base to 5 million.
		Console are limited, while pc's are unlimited, that 's what makes them soo sweet.
		When consoles can match the modding capabilities found in PC software THAT'S when it'll hurt the PC, but until then, with an adequate gaming PC, upgrading shouldn't be necessary for about three to four years, and the price of doing that is far cheaper than buying a new console.
	www.gamespot.com /news/6154413.html (4187 words)

	Gamasutra - Nintendo Adopts Aldon Lifecycle Manager
		Nintendo will standardize on Aldon Lifecycle Manager, across several key internal corporate applications, creating a unified environment for developers working on multiple applications and multiple platforms.
		Through Aldon Lifecycle Manager's single point of observation and control, users can also manage applications using automated development process control along with user role-based views.
		The Aldon solution will provide Nintendo with a structured, repeatable and auditable software development process so that requests and changes to the test groups and business units are tracked at all times and there is a precise documentation of workflow processes across the enterprise.
	www.gamasutra.com /php-bin/news_index.php/www.e-onsoftware.com/products/vue5easel/www.khronos.org/openvg?story=8514 (378 words)

	Gaming Nexus
		The Xbox 360 is officially one year old and one week old which in console years means it is just over 20 years old (assuming a four or five year life console lifecycle).
		Microsoft's mechanism of allowing you to sync the device with the console is easily the best of the three next generation consoles as you just have to push a button on the top of the controller to sync controller with console.
		The only real limitation here is that the console is limited to four controllers but that seems to be the industry standard right now.
	www.gamingnexus.com /Default.aspx?ArticleType=Article&Section=Article&I=1307 (958 words)

	IGDA Forums - Demographic Changes Over Console Lifecycle?
		In turn, the console's user base might shift somewhat from "hardcore" to "mainstream".
		Based on the poresentations at the DICE conference in March your analysis is correct, except number 3.
		Actually there is a trend toward more games selling into the older console even after the release of the new successor console.
	www.igda.org /Forums/showthread.php?postid=62429 (212 words)

	Game Over Online Magazine - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
		Considering the next full-tilt GTA is not due until late 2007 and the entire industry is shifting its focus toward the next-gen consoles, a short, side story visit through Liberty City proves to be just the thing to tide fans over.
		Much of what is wrong with the title can be forgiven since it costs about as much as a lunch in Manhattan, and what is right with the game is, as usual, as much fun as one can have pretending to be a mass murderer.
		One blessing that occurred from portable to console is the control scheme.
	www.game-over.net /reviews.php?page=ps2reviews&id=417 (873 words)

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	Xbox 360 Elite: Microsoft's Next-Current Gen Console \| Tech Diversions
		Now, Microsoft is breaking the trend of the console lifecycle and releasing a mid-life product that's more money and has more features.
		The data migration from your current Premium console to the Elite isn't perfected yet due to some digital rights management (DRM) and other protections that are based on your hard drive serial number.
		The end result, which we fear, is this move creates a stir in console release cycles, causing Sony to retaliate in a few years with another re-spin of their product and for Nintendo to do the same.
	www.techdiversions.com /xbox-360-elite-details (399 words)

	Xbox360
		The Xbox 360 will compete against the upcoming generation of consoles, including the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution, and was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, a week before the E3 trade show.
		The strategy of selling a console at a loss is common in the console games industry, as console makers can usually expect to make up the investment with revenue from game licensing.
		The spinning disc has a high angular velocity and when the console is rotated, angular momentum causes the disc inside the drive to warp, touching the drive's pickup-assembly and scratching the disc.
	www.gametoplay.freegames.eu.com /games/Xbox360.html (6227 words)

	Calling The Console-vs-Computer Tug-Of-War - Brian's Brain - Blog on EDN - 400000040
		Not only is there a significant disparity in generation-to-generation transition rates between consoles and PCs, console content developers insist on a stable hardware platform, thereby precluding hardware innovation within that platform (beyond multi-to-single chip integration for cost- and power-reduction purposes).
		As a result, you'll find that by the time a console's lifecycle concludes, its technology is archaic compared to even entry-level PCs available at the time.
		As my late-2005 game console feature article pointed out, it's widely believed (though neither Nvidia or Sony has ever officially confirmed, to the best of my knowledge) that the graphics processor in the PlayStation 3 is a minor derivation of the Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX GPU.
	www.edn.com /blog/400000040/post/510006251.html (436 words)

	Press Release - Altiris, Inc.
		Altiris client lifecycle management software helps customers reduce the cost and time required to implement business and technology change.
		HP client and server deployment, HP client hardware tasks and access to the Altiris console are now made accessible to HP SIM users.
		Altiris, Inc. is a pioneer of IT lifecycle management software that allows IT organizations to easily manage desktops, notebooks, thin clients, handhelds, industry-standard servers, and heterogeneous software including Windows, Linux and UNIX.
	www.altiris.com /Company/PressReleases/2004/06292004.aspx (624 words)

	GamingWorld - X Clusive Editorial: "How a Flourishing Installed Base Could Break the Cycle"
		Now, you may be thinking that by the time any new console were to ship, the technology inside the PS2 would be much too old to compete.
		That would be quite true, but it WOULD have two more year's worth of power than past consoles had at the end of THEIR lifecycles.
		Developers are just now coming to grips with the PS2's complicated design, and I'm convinced that it will take much longer than the usual five years to maximize the life of PS2, simply because it's taken this long just to figure out how to get results, making the PS2 far from it's technological peak..
	www.gamingworldx.com /features/EditorialHowaFlourishingInstalledBaseCouldBre.shtml (1241 words)

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