Xbox One: this is a brief introduction to one of the latest generations of console the Xbox one, this

was first announced for released In May of 2013 and was released in the UK in September of the
same year, it is the third console in the Xbox family, its predecessor is the Xbox 360. the Xbox one
was released in line with its Rival, the PlayStation 4, which had the better specs on release. The most
popular excusive game which most people would say made Xbox the popular console it is today is
the Halo series. The Halo series was the first excusive made for the original Xbox back in November
of 2001 and the franchise is still going strong today, being the most popular sold Xbox exclusive game
to date.
This is a brief introduction to sevenths generation console, the Nintendo Wii, which was
released back in November 2006, and was made by Nintendo to compete with the likes of
the Xbox 360 and the PS3. although it was very successful as it sold no where as many
consoles as Sony and Microsoft did, it still managed to draw a very large and unique
audience, this is probably due to the fact that The Nintendo Wii was the first Nintendo
console that really started to focus on physical interaction and E-sports, for example, Wii
sports was a Game that was released with most Wii consoles, and, by using the original
designed Wii remote, allowed users to play sports such as golf and base ball by using the
same motions for swinging a golf club or baseball bat from the comfort of your own home.
The most popular exclusive game series for Nintendo, and probably to most well know
game series of all time is Super Mario. The first super Mario game dates all the way back to
October 1985.
RAM: (remote access memory)
is what allows you to do
multiple thing at a time on
your gaming console, the
better you RAM the more
your will be able to do at the
same time on your console
without it slowing down or
crashing.
Graphics card- a printed
circuit board that is the input
and the output of the images
displayed on the monitor that
your Gaming console is plugged
into.
Sound card- which CPU- the central
allows your Gaming processing unit is where
Console to produce sound all of the main
through the monitor you calculations take place,
are connected to. it is like the brains of the
Gaming console
Hard drive-where all
information on a computer is
stored and where it is all
retrieved from, there are
multiple forms of hard drives,
there are solid state drives
which are external hard drives
which are more durable and
easy to transfer than an internal
hard drive which is inside your
Gaming console
GPU- a graphic APU- An accelerated Flash Memory- a
type of data storage
processing unit is a processing unit is a type
device that allows data to
specified chip that is of processing unit that
be retained without be
specialized in display was created to merge a
connected to power. Can
functions. CPU and a GPU together
be used as a hard drive
as it is space efficient.
but contains less space
Xbox One has multiple uses besides being a game running console, it also contains a Blu-ray player
that allows you to play Blu-ray and normal DVDs. I also uses reverse compatibility that allows the
console to play older Xbox 360 using a Xbox 360 replication program. it can also be use to make
digital purchases on the Xbox is self. It also has built in internet searching capability's through an app
call Microsoft edge allowing the use of thing like Facebook etc. to be accessed on your Xbox, but you
are limited to just searching as your unable to download files of Microsoft edge. It also has to ability
to play music, streaming and can also have a accessory call the Kinect, this allows the use of games to
be played using the players body motion, this allows the user to play games such as Kinect star wars,
although this type of gaming isnt very popular.
Hardware components:
Hard drive- all Xbox Ones have Hard drives built into them, its just the size
of the hard drive that all depends on how much the console user wants to
spend on the console, the more hard drive space, the more expensive the
console will be in the store, the most popular hard drive sizes for the Xbox
one are 500G, 1TB and 2TB .
APU- (accelerated processor unit)- The APU for the Xbox One is a 8 Core AMD
custom CPU with a clock speed of 853 MHz
RAM- (Remote access memory)- the Xbox Ones RAM is a 8GB DDR3 with a clock
speed of Clock: 2133MHz and a Bandwidth of: 68.26 GB/s
The Nintendo Wii doesnt have very many features beside from having the
ability to search via internet, but still, like the Xbox One, not allowing you to
download off the internet itself. It also allows the user to make digital
purchases of games on the Wii it also comes with multiple applications
installed onto it such as the weather app etc. it also allows backward
compatibility with GameCube games.
Hardware components:
Flash memory- the Nintendo Wii has built-in 512 MB NAND flash
memory
CPU- the Nintendo Wii has a IBM PowerPC that has a speed of 729MHz
GPU- the Nintendo Wii has a ATI Hollywood GPU with a speed of
243MHz and 88MB of system RAM
 Comparing Xbox One Nintendo Wii

Price at launch 429 179

Average game prices on 55 50

release
Average accessory prices 30 20
on release
Large amount of no yes
accessory's
High quality graphics yes no

High levels of interactivity Yes via the Kinect although Via controller and
not very successful accessories
Xbox One controller: the Xbox one controller is quite
unique compared to the controllers before it, it has a
very bulky design but still keeps the same button
layout as Xbox 360 and the Xbox original. The analog
sticks are designed to be comfortable for the user and
within easy reach, the triggers, LB (left bumper), RB
(right Bumper), LT (left Trigger) and RT (right Trigger)
are also placed in easy to use positions as you have to
grip onto the trigger in order to hold the controller
properly. It also has a D-Pad, which can be used to
navigate the Xbox menus instead of the left analog
stick. It also has A,B,X and y as the main buttons on
the controller, A and B are to more popularly used as A
is for select on the Xbox menu and B is to back out.
There is also the main Xbox symbol on the top centre
of the controller which is used to access the Xbox
guide as well as allowing you to back out to the Xbox
menu when your finished playing a game.
The Nintendo Wii controller is very unique to any controller that
had been made when it first released, since the Nintendo Wii
was focusing on the E-sports/Interaction side of gaming, the
controller was made to fit inside the players hand like they are
holding an object more than them holding a controller, but what
made to Nintendo Wii controller a original design was the mass
amount of accessories that are compatible with it. Any type of
game that was available had a add on to the controller to make
the gameplay more interactive and a more believable than say
the Xbox one controller would, for example, racing games
allowed the use of a steering wheel, or gold allows the use of a
golf club add on, or tennis allows the use of a tennis racket etc.
but the main add on of the Wii was the nun chuck. Although no
a necessity for all games, most of the games required it to be
played, the Wii controller was also designed to be used with one
hand as it was small in design and all the more useful buttons
where placed near the top of the controller (suck as A and B)
where the users fingers would be.
Platform dependency is where Video games are sold exclusively for specific
consoles, for example, PS4 has some of the best platform dependent games to
date, for example, The Uncharted series. The is only one main reason that
platform dependency exists, its because it cause the target audience to buy a
specific console due to them wanting the exclusive game available to it. This
brings in more sales for the company that made the console.
 An operating system is a piece of software that allows to computer to access
basic functions such as controlling peripherals and other such hardware. The first
operating system was DOS which only allowed the use of command lines as it did
not have a GUI (graphical user interface). The first Microsoft operating system
that used a GUI was windows 95, this allowed for more actions to take place such
as creating folders to store different types of data files, it also makes the
operating system more commercially friendly.

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating

Windows 95 is a operating system that was
developed by Microsoft, this was a
significant change for Microsoft as they no
longer used DOS as a base for their
operating systems, they merged windows
95 with their previously separate MS-DOS.
This added in the use of GUI (graphical user
interface)
system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for Nintendo OS version 9.3.0-21 is the first
its hardware. It is the operating system that presently OS version released on the Nintendo
powers many of the company's mobile devices, including DS, it is vaguely similar to the DSi OS,
the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. This operating system is but with an updated feel
made for the everyday user as it has easy to use settings
and just an easy to use layout overall, but on the other
hand this means that it has limitations, for example no files
can be downloaded of the internet, only of the IOS store,
which is exclusive to apple products
Complied code- compiled code is a type of code that is read all in one go as opposed to
one line at a time, for example, when opening a application, it would read the entire
code and then load the app, this would mean that the app wouldnt have slow loading
times as the code wouldn't have to be executed action by action.

Interpreted- interpreted code is code that is executed line by line as opposed to

compiled which is all in one go, for example when opening an application, the app
would open while the code is still being read, this would mean that an action would
only be completed once the code read the entire line, this could lead slower loading
times as the you would have to wait for the specific code to be read, but on the other
hand, if the application had a fatal error that stopped it from opening you would be
able to locate with ease as only the code that had been read would have the error in it.
Game engines are made to allow people to create there own game, and
example of a game engine would be unity. Game engines are normally made
up of these core thing, a rendering engine, this allows 2D or 3D graphics to
be rendered in the engine, a physics engine, which allows the use of basic
physics, sound engine which allows the user to create game sound and AI
(artificial intelligence) which allows the user to place non- playable characters
in the game. Some engines can be available for everyone to use, unity is one
of these available engines.
3D art in computer games are normally created
using software packages such as architect 3D, Rhino
3D and many more. These art packages allows the
user to create any type of 3D model needed, such
as characters, environment, objects etc.
First of you start by taking the main
power supply and plugging it into
the back of the Wii. Then plug the
plug into a power supply.
Then, plug the SCART plug into the
Nintendo Wii, and then plug the
SCART converter into the back of
the television, this allows the Wii
to be projected onto the T.V.
Then you need to connect the Wii
sensor to allow to use the Wii
remote. Plug the sensor into the Wii,
then place the sensor on its stand and
place it on the same platform of your
television
To connect the Nintendo Wii remote to
the television you need to place
batteries inside the Wii remote and
press the red button on the Wii and the
controller at the same time.
 We then take the HDMI cable and Once the Xbox is turned on, this
First of you start by plugging in the To connect a wireless Xbox
plug it into the Back of the Xbox, and screen should appear on the T.V.
Main power supply into the back of controller, you need to hold onto this
then plug the other end into the
the Xbox, and then take the plug and button on the Xbox and hold the
HDMI slot on your television.
plug it into a power supply. connection symbol on the front of
the controller.
 Make sure there are no liquid substances near your console when setting it up, you
could cause damage to the console if liquid is spilt on it.

Make sure you keep all the wires for the console hidden away otherwise they could
become a trip hazard.

Handle the console with care, banging your console about while setting it up could
cause internal damages

Make sure you dont place the console on solid ground, if the console falls of a table for
example then you could cause internal damages