Playing a Video Game/Hardware

Video Game Hardware

Historically, video games have run on a variety of devices, including high powered computers, dedicated game consoles, and arcade machines. Today these remain hardware commonly used, with more common devices also gaining acceptance as gaming devices.

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  Smartphones have become common gaming devices.
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  A dedicated handheld gaming console.
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  A Dreamcast game console.
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  A standard computer or laptop can often be a serviceable device for basic gaming.
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  A high end gaming PC can offer a better gaming experience over standard computers.
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  Stadia, a cloud gaming service.