According to Forbes, this console was the best last year, despite the fact that it was released back in 2012. What is so special about it that it has been attracting buyers around the world for years? In January, Nintendo presented its financial results for the first three quarters of 2014 and said that it had successfully sold 9.2 million Nintendo Wii U units. This number of units sold brought the console to third place in the world. The main reason for its popularity, which is second only to the Xbox One and PS4, is the quality of the video games available to Nintendo Wii U owners. The console is available in two versions: Basic Pack - a white console with a minimum of bells and whistles and 8 GB of memory and Premium Pack - a black console with 32 GB of memory, an additional touch panel, two joypad stands, one of which serves as a charger and the Nintendo Land game. The console is equipped with a resistive touch screen - to perform a particular action, you need to apply force. You can also use a stylus for control. The most famous games for this console are Super Mario Bros. U, Zombi U and Raving Rabbids from Ubisoft.
Price: $288
Microsoft Xbox One
This console is the leader in sales worldwide. The "feature", of course, is Kinect 2.0 - a tool that allows you to control the console using movements and voice, run, jump and perform other game tasks that will be played on the display. If in the first version Kinect was more suitable for large rooms, then in the second version the developers changed the viewing angles to 70 ° horizontally and 60 ° vertically (in the old version these figures were 57 ° and 43 °). The console is equipped with a camera with a resolution of 1080p and a frequency of 30 frames / s. This allows good face recognition and loading owner profiles. The device can distinguish up to six people even in a dark room. In addition, Kinect can even determine a person's heart rate. This will be useful for sports applications such as Xbox Fitness.
Price: $389
PlayStation 4
The Sony console is the second-best seller after the Xbox One. In addition to games, it provides access to popular apps like YouTube, Netflix, and Spotify. You can play a huge number of different games on the PlayStation 4. The console was made specifically for the mass market, and not for fans of individual games like shooters, children's toys, arcades, or retro platforms. Another big plus of the gaming console is that it provides access to the best versions of multiplatform games among competitors. It is also easy to make purchases and download new games - such famous hits as Dragon Age: Inquisition, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.
Price: $449
Mad Catz M.O.J.O.
This is a micro-console that is called the best in its class. It provides access to a large number of app stores on Android. But there is a small drawback - to get full functionality, you need to hack the device. Since Mad Catz provides all the necessary instructions for this, even the most inexperienced users should not have any problems. But still, it causes certain inconveniences. The console is equipped with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 T40S processor with a clock speed of 1.8 GHz. It has 16 GB of internal memory and 2 GB of operating system. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. Since the console is designed for downloading games online, it cannot be used to run games from disks.
Price: $ 129
OUYA
When the OUYA developers raised funds on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, they promised that the console would be very different from its competitors. First of all, third-party developers will be able to create games and applications for it, and users will be able to open the console, change parts, install hardware and software from third parties, and, at the same time, not lose the warranty and the right to service. But the promises were only partially fulfilled – OUYA is too dependent on third parties. It turns out that this console was created not for gamers, but for programmers who write games and want to work out the advantages and disadvantages of their products. The console is suitable for this category of game lovers. The verdict of analysts who tested one of the few consoles that are not produced by corporations, but by enthusiasts, is the following – the device requires serious revision. But its appearance alone gives hope that new players are appearing on the market, which means that the technologies of game consoles will continue to improve.
