Forgotten game console of the 2000s

summation

• Failed consoles such as Zeebo, Panasonic Q, and Sony PSX provided unique features, but failed to sell and failed to be available.

• Zeebo was able to play an Edutainment console and Panasonic Q played DVDs, while Sony PSX played PS1 and PS2 games, but Japanese releases were injured.

• Nokia N-GAGE combines mobile phones and handheld games to attract third-party developers, but have failed commercially due to high costs.

As the SEGA Dreamcast began, the 6th generation console was officially launched in 1998, but in the 2000s, it will have the greatest impact on the industry in the 2000s when the PLAYSTATION 2, Xbox and Gamecube define a game for generations. However, several machines were forgotten as three large shadows of all remaining debris and massacre in the 6th generation console war came.

Whether it's a niche and software library, this console will disappear vigorously, whether it's poor or devoted to the lack of availability around the world. Some of them were attractive and provided unique services, while others did not provide what the player in the 2000s actually wanted. During this period, it was difficult to compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, and today we still dominate hardware production spaces and prove how difficult it is to enter this fast -moving industry. Others were actually products and additional features for the consoles of large companies, but they were not good enough to guarantee mass sales.

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Zeebo

Hybrid game console and edutainment system

It is designed to use the entertainment market in emerging countries such as Brazil and Mexico. Zeebo It's not a traditional video game console. It was also an edutainment machine that allows you to run an educational app that connects to the Internet and expands its ability beyond other consoles at the time. It was a fascinating device that acts like a bridge between the classic video game console and home computer, adding access to the email and social network functions.

Zeebo It started in Mexico and Brazil on the tail of October 2009, with the impressive title of major franchises Resident Evil,,, Crash Bandy OOT,,, earthquake and FIFA. As a device to appeal to family and children Zeebo During the hardware conversion, I had a hard time competing with the market, and the company had to evaluate the platform again because it was not good. The release of another country was planned and announced, but Zeebo Inc. eventually stopped the machine and closed the company in 2014.

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Panasonic Q

The smooth revision of the GameCube hardware was able to play different forms of media.

Nintendo tried with Nintendo 64 through 64DD, so I was not used to using a unique hardware add -on on the existing platform. But this time, instead of add -on to the system, we worked with electronic manufacturer Panasonic to create something called GameQ in the community. that Panasonic Q GameCube's new version of GameCube, which provided some new features to the previous machine, was one of the many ways that Nintendo tried to compete with PS2 and Xbox.

that Panasonic Q All GameCube games were available in the market, but DVD playback, which was missing from the original console, was also allowed. It also allowed CD and MP3 playback, with a nice LCD screen and a Dolby 5.1 headphone jack on the front of the console. unfortunately Panasonic Q It was released only in Japan, slowing sales, and shortly after Nintendo was released, it stopped production.

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Sony PSX

Sony brand DVR played PS1 and PS2 games

3 years after the release of the PS2 in 2003 Sony PSX It was a digital video recorder and was an amazing device that can play all PlayStation 1 and 2 games. The DVR function was excellent with the function of playing DVD and CD and the DVD and CD formats. At first, it was released without support for the CD-R and DVD+RW format, but the firmware update will be treated shortly after the release. It was also the first Sony device to use a large -scale XMB UI, which will be the definition of the PS3 in three years.

that Sony PSX It is released exclusively in Japan and seriously limits the market charm. At that time, it was a bit expensive. When I entered approximately 270 USD, it was much more expensive than Sony's home console. Due to the global market sales volume and limited availability Psx It was interrupted in 2005 but had a great influence on the identity of PlayStation 3 and Sony.

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Nokia N-Gage

The cell phone will meet a dedicated handheld game machine.

The video game market exploded in the 2000s, and mobile games began to increase to the top. Nokia announced and threw a hat on the ring because he wanted to recognize these trends and enter the mobile and handheld video game market. n-gauge Combining a true cell phone with a dedicated video game device at the 2002 Mobile Internet Conference was a very shabby movement in 2003, and the machine seduced many other developers during this period.

Launching lineup n-gauge It was rather impressive as the franchise Tony Hawk's Pro Skator,,, Sonic and Tomb. For the next few years n-gauge The game will be released Debris,,, Layman And even Spider -ManThe software lineup has been improved in some important ways. Ah, due to the significant cost of software development and the somewhat high production budget of the hardware itself n-gauge It was a commercial failure. Mobile company N gauge QDBut it was hard to overturn the damage that had already occurred, and Nokia stopped the device in 2006.