https://io55.net/wiki/ 2026-05-08T00:48:52+00:00 https://io55.net/wiki/ https://io55.net/wiki/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2022-05-11T02:46:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/summary?rev=1652237214&do=diff 7th Generation The 7th generation of home game consoles, commonly considered as having began during 2005 and 2006 (release of all 3 main systems), and ending anywhere between 2012 (release of the Wii U) and 2017 (year in which the PS3 was discontinued), or possibly even during 2019/2020 (release of final game titles on Wii and PS3). As one can likely tell, the 7th generation was the first generation to truly last absolute ages, with the 360 having been actively produced for over a decade, while… text/html 2023-02-26T23:39:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/summary?rev=1677454773&do=diff Video Game Consoles (Home) A simple directory page for every home console generation on the Esoteric Devices Wiki. 1st and 2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation 5th Generation 6th Generation 7th Generation 8th Generation 9th Generation text/html 2025-02-09T00:20:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/5th_generation/sony_playstation?rev=1739060409&do=diff Sony PlayStation This page is for the first PlayStation system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony PlayStation Vita, and Sony PlayStation Classic. Sony's pioneering entry into the video games market. Releasing on September 9th, 1995 in North America, the PS1's R3000A CPU, 3 text/html 2023-02-26T23:40:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/6th_generation/microsoft_xbox?rev=1677454803&do=diff Microsoft Xbox This page is for the first Xbox system, not the series of consoles. For this, see Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox One, and Microsoft Xbox Series X and S. Microsoft's idea of “taking a cue” from Sony to enter the video games market. Releasing on November 15th, 2001 in North America, the Xbox's specifications boil down to a custom Pentium III CPU, 64 text/html 2023-08-12T02:07:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://io55.net/wiki/eop/video_game_consoles-home/7th_generation/sony_playstation_3?rev=1691806079&do=diff Sony PlayStation 3 Sony's 3rd system. Releasing on November 17th, 2006 in North America, the PS3's PowerPC-based CELL CPU, 256+256 MB of RAM, and Nvidia RSX graphics at maximum 1080p output resolution was certainly very powerful, albeit very complex. Launching to mixed reception due to an extremely high price and said hardware complexity, it took the PS3 the entire 7th generation to reach it's sales figure of 87.4 million, eking it out a position of 2nd place overall for generation sales.