[170] It competes with Sony's handheld, the PlayStation Vita. It includes those released since 2012 by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. The PlayStation Vita is the second (and final) handheld game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Retrieved 22 August 2013", "Nintendo has seemingly discontinued the original 3DS", "Sony has officially stopped producing the PS Vita", "IR Information : Sales Data - Hardware and Software Sales Units", "IR Information : Sales Data - Top Selling Software Sales Units - Nintendo 3DS Software", "Official PlayStation website: PlayStation Vita, PS Vita - Specifications for PlayStation®Vita", "How Good is the PS Vita's Battery Life? In the history of video games, the eighth generation of consoles is the current generation.It includes those released since 2012 by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony.For home consoles, the eighth generation began on November 18, 2012, with the release of the Wii U, and continued with the release of the PlayStation 4 on November 15, 2013, and the Xbox One on November 22, 2013. The Wii U substantially undersold Nintendo's projections, selling only 13.5 million units by its discontinuation in 2018, and many of the design and marketing faults of the Wii U were considered in the conceptualization of the Switch, designed to be meet a broad range of global demographics and possible gaming situations. The Wii U is compatible with its predecessor's peripherals, such as the Wii Remote Plus, the Nunchuk, and the Wii Balance Board. The graphics for PSP releases are up-scaled, with a smoothing filter to reduce pixelation. Nintendo remained on a separate path from either Sony or Microsoft in its blue ocean strategy. Alternatively, two Joy-Con, motion-sensitive controllers comparable to the Wii Remotes, can be slotted onto the sides of the Console so the unit can be played as a handheld. ", "Vita is Not Region Locked, Says Sony Exec", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eighth_generation_of_video_game_consoles&oldid=980426279, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2018, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2020, Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2014, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from September 2018, Articles containing potentially dated statements from March 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from July 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Articles containing potentially dated statements from September 2019, Articles containing potentially dated statements from January 2013, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A Nintendo Switch console in docked mode with, Only downloaded games can be installed to storage, Downloaded games can be installed to internal memory or SD card, All games must be installed to a connected HDD, Downloads games and automatic updates in the background via, Downloads automatic updates in the background, Downloads games and automatic updates in the background, Screenshots with Facebook and Twitter integration, Up to 30 seconds of gameplay with Facebook and Twitter integration.