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Launch of Playstation 2
The first released was in Japan, the Playstation 2 was the best selling game, and it sold over 155 million units over 12 year span. -
Microsoft help Xbox
Microsoft enters the video game market with Xbox and hit games like Halo: Combat Evolved. Four years later, Xbox 360 gains millions of fans with its advanced graphics and seamless online play. -
U.S. Army x Xbox
The U.S. Army releases America's Army video game to help recruit and communicate with a new generation of electronic gamers. -
The Birth of Steam
Valve energizes PC gaming with its release of Steam. The digital distribution platform allows players to download, play, and update games. -
Nintendo DS
Nintendo maintains its dominance of the handheld market with the Nintendo DS, an easy-to-use, portable gaming system packed with two processors, two screens, multiplayer capabilities, and a stylus for the touchscreen. Great games like Super Mario Kart helped too. -
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii gets gamers off the couch and moving with innovative, motion-sensitive remotes. Not only does Nintendo make gaming more active, it also appeals to millions of people who never before liked video games. -
The Rolling Loud of Rock Band
The first released with console Xbox and Playstation 2 December 18, 2007. The game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular rock songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments.At launch, the game software was made available in a bundle that packaged it together with the instrument peripherals, as well as for purchase separately -
Minecraft Begins
In Minecraft, players explore a blocky, procedurally-generated 3D world with infinite terrain, and may discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures or earthworks. -
Skylanders
Both are platform games with fighting and puzzle elements. They have in common a set of small toy figures that provide access to the different characters and areas in the game. This works by placing a particular figure on a round portal peripheral that comes with the game, the related character then instantly appears on-screen. The first game supported 32 different toy characters and the second game will expand this with another eight large Giant Skylander figures -
OUYA Kickstarter
Ouya was announced on July 3, 2012 as a new home video game console, led by Julie Uhrman. The Kickstarter fundraising goal was $950,000, with a month to reach that goal; within 8 hours it surpassed $1 million. Within the first 24 hours, the project attracted one backer every 5.59 seconds. Ouya became the eighth project in Kickstarter history to raise more than a million dollars and was the quickest project ever to do so.