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A video game console is a boxlike standardized computing device tailored for video gaming that requires a monitor or television set as an output. Handheld controllers are commonly used as input devices. Video game consoles may use one or more storage media like hard disk drives, optical discs, and memory cards for content. They weigh between 2 and 9 pounds on average and their compact size allows them to be easily used in a variety of locations with an electrical outlet. Each are usually developed by a single business organization.〔 Dedicated consoles can only play built-in games. Gaming consoles in general are also described as "dedicated" in distinction from the more versatile personal computer and other consumer electronics. Sanders Associates engineer Ralph H. Baer along with company employees Bill Harrison and Bill Rusch licensed their television gaming technology to contemporary major TV manufacturer Magnavox. This resulted in Magnavox Odyssey's 1972 release—the first commercially available video game console. A handheld game console is a lightweight device with a built-in screen, games controls, speakers, and has greater portability than a standard video game console.〔 It is capable of playing multiple games unlike tabletop and handheld electronic game devices. Tabletop and handheld electronic game devices of the 1970s and 1980s are the precursors of handheld game consoles. Mattel introduced the first handheld electronic game with the 1977 release of ''Auto Race''. Later, several companies—including Coleco and Milton Bradley—made their own single-game, lightweight tabletop or handheld electronic game devices. The oldest handheld game console with interchangeable cartridges is the Milton Bradley Microvision in 1979. Nintendo is credited with popularizing the handheld console concept with the Game Boy's release in 1989〔 and continues to dominate the handheld console market.〔 PlayStation 2 has over 10,828 software titles, and 1.52 billion units of software were sold worldwide as of December 2010. Nintendo DS has over 2,000 software titles (as of August 2013), and 945.48 million units of software sold worldwide as of September 2014.〔 == Million-selling game consoles == The following tables contain video game consoles and handheld game consoles that have sold at least units worldwide either through to consumers or inside retail channels. Each console include sales from every iteration unless otherwise noted. Dedicated consoles are marked with an asterisk ( *) next to the platform's name, while indicates the current generation consoles on the market. The years correspond to when the home or handheld game console was first released—excluding test markets. Each year links to the corresponding "year in video gaming". Hardware firms labelled , , , or have more than two consoles listed; those with a white background do not. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of million-selling game consoles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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