비디오 게임 콘솔(video game console)은 TV나 모니터와 같은 디스플레이 장치의 컴포지트 비디오, 고선명 멀티미디어 인터페이스 등의 영상 디스플레이 신호를 이용하여 1인 이상이 게임을 플레이할 수 있는 컴퓨터 장치(computer device)를 말한다. 소비자들이 혼자서 비디오 게임을 즐길 수 있는 개인용 컴퓨터는 여러 기능을 함께 다루고 있으므로 게임기라고 부르지 않는다.
↑Buchanan, Levi (2007년 5월 31일). “ODYSSEY: 35 YEARS LATER”. 《IGN》. 2016년 12월 1일에 원본 문서에서 보존된 문서.Between 1970 and 1972, Magnavox and Baer work together to fully develop the Odyssey. The set release date: May 1972. The era of video games is about to explode.
↑The third generation of video game consoles began with both Sega and Nintendo releasing SG-1000 and Nintendo Entertainment System (known in Japan as the Family Computer), respectively, on July 15, 1983 in Japan.[5] This generation came to an end when Nintendo discontinued the Nintendo Entertainment System on September 25, 2003 in Japan.[6]
↑The seventh generation of video game consoles began when 마이크로소프트 released the 엑스박스 360 on November 22, 2005,[13] several months before Sony Computer Entertainment's release of the PlayStation 3 on November 17, 2006.[14] The first console of this generation to be discontinued was the 엑스박스 360 on April 20, 2016,[15] then the second console of this generation to be discontinued was the PlayStation 3 on May 29, 2017[16] and while Wii still remain in production. Potentaially, the seventh generation is partially still ongoing under temporary surpport.
↑The eighth generation of video game consoles began when Nintendo released the Wii U on November 18, 2012.[17] This is the current generation of video game consoles. The first console of this generation to be discontinued is the Wii U, on January 31, 2017;[18] the other major consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony remain in production.