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The "Brown Box"
The first working home gaming console created by Ralph H. Baer -
The Odyssey
When the Brown Box was shown to Magnavox, the company bought the technology and had the "Odyssey" produced. The console had games on the console, these games did not have sound. -
Pong
The Atari company releases the smash hit arcade title "pong" -
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The crash of the video game market.
The production of 3rd party consoles and the lack of quality control leads to a crash in the video game market, having many consumers lose interest in video games. -
NES
Nintendo enters the video game market with an 8-bit video game console that is able to reverse what the market crash has done. -
Sega Genesis
Sega enters the market with the first 16-bit home console. Consumers where amazed by the advanced graphics and this lead to "Sega Vs. Nintendo" debates and thus, a rivalry began. -
Gameboy
Video games have finally taken on a mobile format with the gameboy, allowing consumers to play games anywhere. -
SNES
Nintendo releases their own 16-bit console to compete with the Sega Genesis. -
PlayStation 1
Sony enters the video game market with the Plastion 1 (or PS1) which was also the first widley popular 3D video game console. -
Nintendo 64
Nintendo brings their own 3D console to the market with the Nintendo 64 (64 because it is a 64-bit console) and is the last major cartridge based Nintendo console. -
Playstation 2
Sony follows up the PS1 with the massively successful PlayStation 2, a more advanced 3D console with backwards compatibility (it can play PS1 games). The PlayStation 2 would later become the best selling video game console of all time. -
Xbox
Microsofts first entry into the video game market, owing most of its success to its strong exclusive games like Halo and its online service Xbox Live (which was released in 2002). -
Gamecube
Nintendo's successor to the Nintendo 64, the Gamecube was Nintendo's new and advanced 3D console to compete with Xbox and the PS2. -
Xbox 360
Microsoft's second console, the 360 was a major improvement over the original xbox and, again, owes alot of its success to its strong line of exclusive games like "Halo" and "Gears of War". -
Playstation 3
Sony's third console enters the market and does well against its competitors. But, with a weak online network, (PSN) the service has been the target of several cyber attacks shutting down the entire network. -
Wii
Nintendo's third 3D console sells extremely well due to the newly introduced gimmic of motion controls, but is an inferior console when it comes to hardware when compared to its competitors. -
Wii U
Nintendo's 4th 3D console, struggling in sales to to inferior hardware and lack of games for the console. -
PlayStation 4
Sony's 4th console, is a major upgrade from the PS3 and, according to its sales, is on its way to beating out the PS2 for best selling console of all time. -
Xbox One
Microsoft's 3rd console tries to put a focus on being a machine that would be all devices you would see in the living room all in one, hence the name.
