blog assignment # 6

WARM UP-

My featured story was about football. What interested me the most is when the NFL was called the National Football League. I like the New Orleans Saints team.

Games

Xbox 360

            I like the Xbox 360, because it has good graphics .According to Wikipedia.org, the Xbox 360 is the second video game console to be produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. Also the Xbox360 can come in more than one color. Also the Xbox has a variety of different games. About 55 million Xbox 360’s has been sold world wide

Nintendo Wii

According to Nintendowii.info the Nintendo Wii one of the most anticipated features of Wii is its game download service, dubbed the Virtual Console. Using this Virtual Console service. Users will have the ability to download and play many or all Nintendo-produced games. Also while the gameplay will be the same for all of the retro titles offered the Console. Nintendo has stated that some of the games may be improved with sharper graphics or better frame rates, with a possibility for Wii remote adaptation.

PlayStation 3

According to playstation.about.com, PlayStation 3The PlayStation 3 is the world's most sophisticated videogame console to date. Also the successor of the most popular gaming system ever. The PlayStation 2, the PS3 looks to be the system to beat with its superior graphics. The motion sensing controllers.  Also the networks capabilities and stellar lineup of games.

Nintendo 64

According to maniacworld.com, Nintendo 64 or simply N64 is a video game console from Nintendo released on June 23, 1996. Also The Nintendo 64 was released with only two launch games: Super Mario 64 and Pilot Wings 64. The system is occasionally referred to as Project Reality or Ultra 64.Two names which Nintendo used in press releases prior to the system's launch.

PSP

According to http://pspinfo1.tripod.com/id1.html on March 24th, 2005 the PSP arrived in the United States. Many gaming enthusiasts were waiting upon this glorious day. The Sony PlayStation Portable is a powerful gaming/multimedia device.

For the price of $250 you could have a device capable of many things such as playing music, movies, games, viewing pictures, running various applications, and even surfing the internet. This was not a simple task for Sony though. Many years of hard work and research went into making the PSP. There were many challenges into making it such as battery issues and such. In my opinion the PSP is the most powerful and wonderful handheld gaming system in the world.

Nintendo DSI

 According to www.telegraph.com, The-History-of-Nintendos-handheld-consoles.html from the first Game & Watch in 1980 right up to 2010's Nintendo DSI XL, we present a history of Nintendo's handheld consoles.  Also according to this website. Looking back to where it all began, the Game & Watch series was Nintendo’s first foray into the handheld gaming market. Appearing in 1980, Nintendo produced 59 iterations of its classic gaming franchise right up until 1991. As the name would suggest, the Game & Watch featured a single game displayed on a small LCD screen with the added functionality of also being a clock. Though each Game & Watch was only able to play the single in-built game, they proved to be hugely popular, selling 43.4 million units worldwide.