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2010s toys
- PlayStation 4Lead architect Mark Cerny began work on Sony's fourth video game console as early as 2008. This timeline started less than two years after the PlayStation 3…
- PlayStation 3Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi announced a partnership with Toshiba and IBM on the 9th of March 2001.
- Nintendo SwitchNintendo posted its first loss as a video game company in 2012, marking the beginning of a difficult period for the Japanese giant.
- PlayStation 4In 2008, long before the world knew the name PlayStation 4, lead architect Mark Cerny began sketching the blueprint for a machine that would fundamentally…
- PlayStation 3On the 9th of March 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi stood before a press conference and announced a partnership with IBM and Toshiba…
- WiiOn the 24th of September 2001, Nintendo began collaborating with Gyration Inc., a company that held several patents in motion-sensing technology.
- PlayStation 2Ken Kutaragi began working on a second console around the time of the original PlayStation's launch in late 1994. He reportedly kept details of the…
- Xbox 360Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360 on the 12th of May 2005, during a special program titled MTV Presents Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed.
- Xbox OneOn the 21st of May 2013, Microsoft took the stage at E3 to reveal a new console. The event lasted over thirty minutes before showing a single video game.
- Nintendo 3DSNintendo began experimenting with stereoscopic 3D video game technology in the 1980s. The Famicom 3D System, an accessory consisting of liquid crystal…
- Nintendo DSIn mid-2002, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down from his executive role to become an advisor. He proposed a new system built around two screens.
- Wii UIn 2008, Nintendo began a quiet internal debate about the future of its home console business. The company recognized that the Wii had become associated…
- PokémonSatoshi Tajiri was born on the 28th of August 1965 in Machida, a suburb of Tokyo. He spent his childhood collecting insects and small creatures in the ponds…
- Dragon BallAkira Toriyama sat in his studio in 1983, surrounded by reference books on Hong Kong martial arts films. He had just finished a one-shot manga called Dragon…
- XboxIn November 2001, Microsoft launched the original Xbox console in North America. This move marked the company's first entry into the home video game market…
- OuyaOn the 10th of July 2012, the Ouya project launched a campaign to gauge interest in its new home video game console. The initial goal was $950,000 with one…