Obviously we said stuff before then, like the generic term was "system" or "game system", but that wasn't specific enough for the kind of thing "a Nintendo" is, like a gaming PC is a "game system"
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I remember tech-savvy people saying the term was adequate because consoles back then didn't have internal hard drive and were functionally closer to the servers terminals used by large companies & the military than PCs…
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Then again, "console" DOES mean "server terminal" in French (I don't know if the same is true in english) and the Eighties saw the french government try very hard to equip as many french companies and public administrations as possible with Bull servers in the vain hope of…
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It was necessary for contractual reasons too. See the history of Tetris, where the difference between a PC and a gaming console was integral to licensing agreements.
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