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Ποιες είναι οι κονσόλες που κατέκτησαν την κορυφή του home entertainment;
Κάθε τρία με πέντε χρόνια, περίπου, οι gamers υποδέχονται μια νέα γενιά από κονσόλες και αυτό δεν είναι καθόλου τυχαίο. Δεδεομένου ότι τα video games αντιμετωπίζονται πια ως μία νέα, τεχνολογική, μορφή τέχνης, χρειάζονται οι κατάλληλες μηχανές για να αποδώσουν τα μέγιστα και να προσφέρουν ατέλειωτες ώρες ψυχαγωγίας στον χρήστη.
Με τη βιομηχανία του gaming να “ανθίζει” για πάνω από τρεις δεκαετίες, οι πωλήσεις των κονσολών υπολογίζονται σε αρκετές δεκάδες εκατομμύρια, όμως ποια είναι εκείνη που κατέκτησε το κοινό;
Στη λίστα που ακολουθεί θα δούμε τις κορυφαίες, και εμβληματικότερες, κονσόλες που έχουν περάσει από την αγορά.
Games for Sega Genesis Mini Console are played on a giant console at the 2019 Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3, on June 12, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. - Gaming fans and developers gather, connecting thousands of the brightest, best and most innovative in the interactive entertainment industry and a chance for many to preview new games. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
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29,5 εκατ. κονσόλες
11. Nintendo 64
Video game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto from Japan, points to the handset of the new Nintendo 64 flagship game, Super Mario 64, at the Los Angeles Electronic Entertainment Expo 15 May. The world's first true 64-bit video game system will produce three-dimensional environments and is equal to the power of ten Pentium chips bundled together making it the most powerful video game.
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32 εκατ. πωλήσεις
10. Super Nintendo Entertainment System
A man holds the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, NES, Classic Edition in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2017. Nintendo launched Classic Edition on the same day. It is 40.5mm height, 110mm width, 133mm depth, smaller than the original and contains 21 games including Donkey Kong Country. The original was released in 1990 and called Super Famicom in Japan. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Takayuki Hamai / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)
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49,1 εκατ. πωλήσεις
9. XBOX ONE
Model shows off mock-ups of the Microsoft Corp,'s Xbox game machine during the Tokyo Game Show Spring 2001 in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture 30 March 2001. Microsoft says the new machine is due to be launched this autumn and will be three times more powerful than Sony's smash-hit PlayStation2, which was launched last year. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP)
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50,6 εκατ. κονσόλες
8. Nintendo Entertainment System
This undated picture released by Nintendo on November 10, 2016 shows the North American version of the eighties era games console, "Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition". - Nintendo on November 10 launched a palm-sized version of its eighties era games console, setting up an old versus new showdown with rival Sony as it released a new PlayStation 4. (Photo by Nintendo / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / (c)2016 Nintendo" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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61,9 εκατ. κονσόλες
7. XBOX 360
Microsoft's next generation video game console "Xbox 360", equipped with IBM's PowerPC on its CPU, 20GB HDD and 512MB RAM, with its wireless controler is displayed during a press preview at a Tokyo theater, 13 May 2005. Microsoft will put it on the market at the end of the year. AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo by AFP)
85,8 εκατ. κονσόλες
6. Playstation 3
A video game is presented on the new Playstation 3 by Sony at the 'CeBIT 2007' trade fair in Hanover, Germany, Thursday, 15 March 2007. CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments and this year runs from 15th until 21st March 2007. More than 6,000 companies from 77 countries will exhibit their latest digital novelties and IT solutions. The fair's partner country is this year Russia. Photo: Sebastian Widmann (Photo by SEBASTIAN WIDMANN / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)
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87,4 εκατ. κονσόλες
5. Wii
A model displays Japanese video game giant Nintendo's new video game console "Wii" and its controler during a press preview at Makuhari, suburban Tokyo, 14 September 2006. Nintendo will put it on the market 02 December with a price of 25,000 yen (220 USD). AFP PHOTO / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO (Photo by AFP)
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101,6 εκατ. κονσόλες
4. Playstation
A teenager plays a video game on Sony's Playstation machine at a computer shop in Tokyo's Akihabara electronic shops district 08 May. Japanese electronics giant Sony announced its group pre-tax profit surged 45.2 percent in the past year to March, hitting 453.7 billion yen (3.4 billion USD). Sony said net profit climbed 59.2 percent to 222.1 billion yen (1.7 billon USD) on sales of 6,755.5 billion yen (52 billion USD). AFP PHOTO/YOSHIKAZU TSUNO (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP)
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102,4 εκατ. κονσόλες
3. Nintendo Switch
Nintendo switch Joycon game console.
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103,5 εκατ. κονσόλες
2. Playstation 4
PlayStation 4 is presented during the 6th edition of the Brazil Game Show, the largest fair of electronic games in Latin America, held at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo (SP), on Friday (25). The site was chosen by the developers, producers and distributors to present to the public the main games and releases of the year. The event runs until October 29. (Photo: Vanessa Carvalho / Brazil Photo Press). (Photo by VANESSA CARVALHO / BRAZIL PHOTO PRESS / Brazil Photo Press via AFP)
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1. Playstation 2
Japan's electronics giant, Sony, unveils the new video game console PlayStation 2, with 128-bit Emotion Engine CPU and to support CD-ROM/DVD-ROM disc devices, at a press preview in Tokyo, 13 September 1999. Sony will put it on the domestic market with a price of 39,800 yen (360 USD) 04 March 2000 and will start to export abroad from next summer. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo by YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP)
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