Nintendo is basically responsible for inventing the word "game console" and pressuring everyone to use it so they could stop the word "Nintendo" itself from becoming generichttps://twitter.com/JimSterling/status/1260584835036430337 …
I dunno about the exact history although the "control deck" and the "console" weren't quite the same thing although they're used synonymously Like "console" was a word for the overall system, the "control deck" was their word for the central unit you plug stuff into
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Intellivision used the term "Master Component" Never understood why people were calling any game system a "Nintendo", even back in the day. To me, it was as stupid as calling every soft drink a "Coke".
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No weirder than every tissue being a Kleenex or every vacuum cleaner being a Hoover
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