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Video games have been prominent since the 1970s. The first commercial video game being Computer Space, made by Nutting Associates.
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During the 1980 the first third party game developer was established, Activision. Perviously the only people who made games were also console developers. Activision only makes games not consols
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Also During the 80s SEGA released it new console, the SEGA Genesis. This Console was made to compete with Nintendo's NES .
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The rise of 3D video games really started in the 90s. This introduced CDs instead of the mundane cartridges. Some of the new 3D games included Super Mario 64 and Virtua Fighter
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December 3rd 1994 was the birth of the playstation 1. This console would be the catalyst for the modern console war between play station and xbox
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November 15 2001 was the year of the xbox. This was Microsoft's first video game console. The birth of this machine would spark competition between Sony, and Microsoft.
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This time period is when Sony and Microsoft really started competing with each other. With both companies having "Next Gen" consoles out they started to try and separate each other with exclusive games. These game titles could only be played on certain consoles, a great example is the Halo franchise.
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while VR has been around longer than people no, It really started to grow in the 21st century. Oculus and the HTC Vive dominate the industry right but other smaller VR headsets offer the same experience but with some missing features.
