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The first video game
The first video game every created was "Pong", developed by Physicist William Higinbotham. It was originally called tennis for two. It was a two week project and was fairly simple compared to modern times. -
First Commercial Arcade Game
The first commercial arcade game was called Computer Space. IT was created by a group called Nutting Associates. -
Personal consoles
The Atari 2600 was one of the first video gams consoles released. This was the most successful console released at the time. It sold 27,640,000 units around the world -
PacMan
Pac-Man, by Namco, was released in 1980. Ms. pac-man, which was more popular was released shortly after. It was originally called puck man but changed in order to prevent inappropriate graffiti to the machines. The game generated two billion dollars in revenue. -
Video Game Crash
In 1983, the video game industry suffered a huge loss. The revenue began to drop after personal computers began to be preferred over gaming consoles. The crash lasted for about 2 years in which the revenue went from 3.2 billion to 100 million. The NES' success helped revive the industry. -
NES
The NES, also known as the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in 1985. It's an 8bit console. It also was the best selling gaming console of its time. -
playstation
the first playstation is released, selling for cheaper than other consoles. -
nintendo 64
It was first released in japan and then later released in other countries. It was code names project reality and was released with 3 games. The starting price was 199. -
steam
A program where game creators could release their games and sell them, this was steam, created by valve. This helped pc gaming grow to what it is now. -
Xbox 360
The release of this console made more realistic games easily accessible and it also fairly cheap for what it was providing. -
grand theft auto 5
The release of grand theft auto 5, by rockstar games, took the world by storm. Its the most played games months after its released and is still pulling in lots of players with each dlc released. Currently, the game has made over 6 billion dollars and sold over 90 million copies. -
Twitch
The streaming community twitch Brought about a new age of esports gaming and its still going strong today
