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Handheld Consoles

Sony PlayStation Vita [Wikipedia]

    First released in Japan in 2011, the Playstation Vita is the successor to the Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Playstation Portable, it’s first handheld gaming system. The Playstation Portable (PSP) was one of the first (and only) systems to compete with Nintendo in the handheld market, which Nintendo continues to have a hold on[Table]. As of March 2019, the production of the Vita and its game cartridges have been discontinued (though is still available on the PlayStation website).

Hardware

  • Processing: 

    • CPU: Quad-core 32-bit processor (ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore)

    • GPU: Quad-core PowerVR processor, SGX543MP4+

  • Storage:

    • Memory: 512 MB RAM, and 128 MB VRAM

    • Storage: 1 GB flash memory, with a removable proprietary memory card (4, 8, 16, 32 or 64 GB)

  • Display: multi-touch capacitive touchscreen, 960 x 544 (5 inch, 16:9) display at 220 ppi

    • The original model (PCH-1000) had an OLED screen, the later model (PCH-2000) switched to LCD to save on battery life

  • Audio: Stereo speakers with a 3.5 mm headphone jack, bluetooth capability, and built in microphone

  • Input (aside from buttons and analog sticks): motion sensitivity, front and back 0.3 MP cameras and the back of the console has a multi-touch capacitive 5 inch touchpad

  • Battery life: most recent model (PCH-2000) can do 4-6 hours for gameplay, 7 hours for video and 12 hours of music while in stand-by mode

  • Size: 8.5 x 18.3 x 1.5 cm, about 220 grams

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Software[Wikipedia]

 

  • Remote Play: like Off-TV Play for the Wii U, allows gameplay from PS4 (and some games for the PS3) to be streamed to the Vita over wifi connection. Remote Play also works for streaming to PSP, macOS, iOS, Android and Windows, with the use of Sony’s wireless controller(s)

  • Connectivity: Wifi IEEE 802.11, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR

  • Backwards compatibility: Vita can play most PSP games, but they must be downloaded from the PlayStation store

  • Preloaded apps: web browser, content manager for data, email, music playing, photos and video playing. Many third party mobile apps (such as Facebook, Youtube etc) had been made available for the Vita, but most have now been removed or no longer function

  • Internet functionality: download system updates, online play, PlayStation Network (Sony’s digital entertainment service)

  • Media: can be downloaded (as long as in supported format), and played on the system or streamed to PlayStation TV system (which then plays the content on a connected TV screen)

    • Video: MP4 SP, MP4 AVC/MP4 H.264 Baseline, Main, High Profile Level 4.1

    • Photos: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG

    • Music: MP3, MP3 Surround, WAV, WMA 9, MP4 Audio, MPEG-4 Part 3, AAC/AAC Low Complexity

  • Operating System: closed-source, based on FreeBSD and NetBSD; both Unix-like systems based on the Berkeley Software Distribution

  • User Interface: “LiveArea”

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"LiveArea" Wikipedia

Nintendo 3DS XL [Wikipedia]

    The New Nintendo 3DS is the fourth member of the 3DS family and was originally released in Japan in October of 2014. Like its predecessors the 3DS and 2DS, the New 3DS also has an XL version (the only difference being that the upper and lower screen are 1”  and 0.85” larger, respectively). The standard New 3DS was discontinued in July 2017, and the XL was discontinued in July 2019. The New 3DS system itself is no longer featured on the Nintendo website but many of its games are. All games for the 3DS are compatible with any other member of the 3DS family.

Hardware

 

  • Processing: 

    • CPU: Quad-core 32-bit processor (ARM11 MPCore)

    • GPU: Single-core PICA200 processor

  • Storage:

    • Memory: 256 MB with 64 dedicated to OS

    • Storage: 1 GB flash memory, with an included 4 GB microSD card

  • Display: (physical dimensions mentioned in introduction)

    • Upper screen: autostereoscopic 400x240 LCD (XL is IPS LCD)

    • Lower screen: resistive touchscreen 320x240

  • Audio: stereo speakers, headphone jack and microphone

  • Input: (aside button style input) accelerometer, rear-facing stereoscopic VGA (Video Graphics Array) camera (3DS has capability to take 3D pictures) and front-facing VGA camera 

  • Battery: lithium ion

    • Standard: 3DS games 3.5-6 hours, DS games 6.5-10.5 hours, sleep mode ~3 days

    • XL: 3DS games 3.5-7 hours, DS games 7-12 hours, sleep mode ~3 days

  • Size: ~250 grams (XL 330 grams), 14.2 x 8.06 x 2.16 cm (XL 16 x 9.35 x 2.15 cm)

 

Software[Wikipedia]

 

  • Operating system: closed-source, same as the original 3DS, with only small changes to account for hardware differences (e.g. a two shoulder buttons and a “C-Stick” were added to the system)

  • Connectivity: 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, infrared, NFC (near-field communication, for use with Amiibo products)

  • Backwards compatibility: can play all Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS family games

  • Online functionality: Nintendo eShop (mentioned in Switch write up), Miiverse (social network for nNintendo systems), SpotPass/StreetPass (allows content to be downloaded to devices and exchange data between devices, respectively, over Wi-Fi), Nintendo Zone (download third party content), Flipnote (animation creating application), web browser

  • “Nintendo 3DS Camera”: photo and video recording, with a media gallery and photo editing, 0.3 megapixels

  • “Nintendo 3DS Sound”: music player and sound recorder, with audio manipulation functionality for 10 second voice clips

    • MP3, AAC (.mp4, .m4a, .m3gp files) supported

  • Nintendo Network: online and multiplayer gaming

  • User interface (with Monster Hunter theme)

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Source: https://bagogames.com/monster-hunter-home-screen-themes/

Full Size Console: XBox One (S) [Wikipedia]

    The XBox One is the third member of the XBox family, first released in November 2013 by Microsoft. In 2016, the XBox One S was released with a smaller overall size, slightly increased graphics clock speed, as well as 4K and HDR video.

Hardware

 

  • Supported media: UHD Bluray, Blu Ray, DVD, CD

  • Processing: combined CPU and GPU, 8 core AMD APU (64-bit, 2 quad-core Jaguar modules)

  • Storage:

    • Storage: 500 GB or 1 TB (or 2 TB for S model)

    • Memory: 8 GB DDR3 (5 GB reserved for games), 32 MB ESRAM

  • Display: 720p, 1080p (and S can do UHD 4K)

  • Audio: 7.1 surround sound

  • Input: HDMI

  • Controllers: keyboard, mouse, XBox One controller, Kinect motion sensing camera 

 

Software

  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11n, Ethernet, 3 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI 1.4 (XBox One)/ HDMI 2.0 (XBox One S) in and out, S/PDIF out, Infrared (IR) out, Kinect port

  • Backwards compatibility: some XBox and XBox 360 games (not all)

  • Media player: for playback from USB, Blu Ray, DVD and CD

  • Television capabilities: playing of live TV can be done through the system if the HDMI is connected to a service provider box or digital tuner (does not provide DVR functionality however)

  • XBox Live: online multiplayer

  • Cloud Storage

  • Upload Studio: record, edit and share the last 5 minutes of game play

  • Streaming: with the use of the Kinect for audio narration and video, the system can stream directly to apps such as Twitch

  • SmartGlass/XBox app: devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Windows 8/10) with the app can be used as a companion to the console (for remote control, accessing messages, purchasing content etc). XBox app also allows gaming to be streamed PCs and tablets running Windows 10, with the use of an XBox One controller.

  • User Interface: same format as other Microsoft programs

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Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-user-interface-overview/1100-6416276/

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