1.   Jez San finds that games consoles are shrinking in size but expanding in range and addictiveness potential..

2.   This type of games console is starting to look well past its sell-by date.

3.   Games consoles plug into the back of the TV.

4.   This Christmas sees the launch of a new games console.

5.   A powerful surge in handheld games consoles has taken place during the last year.

6.   So spare a thought for Microsoft, which despite its might in software has made neither a games console nor anything else of note in consumer electronics before.