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* [[Sony]] released slim versions of the [[Play Station|PlayStation 1]] & [[Play Station 2|2]], with the new version of the Playstation (rechristened PSone) being so small that, with a portable LCD screen add-on, it makes for a decent portable system.
** In Japan, the [[Play Station 2]] also got a 'media hub' makeover as the PSX.
** After 2 months as the industry's worst-kept secret, the slimmer, cheaper [[
* The [[PSP]] was redesigned as the ''PSP Slim & Lite'', gaining a better screen and TV-Out capability along with losing some weight. A second revision has been announced, the main changes apparently being a better analog stick and a microphone for Skype.
** And now, PSP Go, which removed the UMD slot, making it the first portable console that does not use physical games.
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*** And the [[Sega Master System|Master System]] itself had three versions, similar to the NES. The first two were ordinary consoles; the third was portable, retitled Game Gear, and it coexisted with the Genesis as a [[Daddy System]].
*** Cartridge ports were in most cases a direct connection to the console's main bus, not unlike various PCs expansion slots, and were widely used as such. Aforementioned Master System was in fact a major inspiration for the [[Colecovision|Coleco Adam]] and [[MSX]] home-PCs, the latter of which used its cartridge ports as expansion slots ''by design''.
* Although their aesthetics remain mostly the same, both the [[
** The newer versions of the XB360 are also desired by some simply because their revised design supposedly means less of that console's infamous overheating failures.
** To clarify: The new [[X Box]] 360 (commonly referred to as the "[[X Box]] 360 Slim", although it's official name is "Xbox 360 Elite"... [[Name's the Same|just like the version it replaced]]) is a bit slimmer, much quieter, has a huge vent on one side of it for cooling, and also includes built-in wifi and an internal hard drive. [[Most Wonderful Sound|And it beeps when you use the buttons on the console to open and close it.]]
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