Video Game Timeline

  • Computer Space

    The First Video Game Released.
  • Magnavox Odyssey

    First Video Game Console
  • Atari Video Game Crash

    The great crash of video games in America. They then became wary of Video games.
  • NES or Nintendo Entertainment System launches in America

    Now that quality was ensured, the crash ended and nintendo took over America.
  • Nintendo Gameboy

    The age of the Gameboy started as it took over the American portable console scene.
  • Sega Megadrive

    A main competitor to Nintendo.
  • Sony Playstation in America

    The start of the 3-D console pioneers.
  • Xbox

    Microsoft leapt into the console market and were successful.
  • Sega becomes third-party

    Sega's last console flopped hard, so they adapted.
  • Wii

    The console that snagged casual consumers and brought motion controls to the stage.
  • Wii U

    The failure of Nintendo's consoles, a major flop.
  • Playstation 4 or PS4

    The latest Playstation, (Dating this timeline) which is a big success.
  • Xbox One

    The latest Xbox (Again, dating this) Also a big success, but quite glitchy sometimes.
  • Nintendo Switch

    A combination of a Home-Console and a Portable, it supports a lot of Indie games via it's E Shop.