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  • 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.
  • PlayStation (console)On the morning of the 27th of January 1991, Howard Lincoln stepped onto a stage in Las Vegas and announced that Nintendo had abandoned its partnership with…
  • GameCubeIn May 1998, ArtX entered into a partnership with Nintendo to undertake the complete design of the system logic and graphics processor.
  • 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 5Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PlayStation console line, implemented a two-year feedback cycle after the launch of the PlayStation 4.
  • 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 5Mark Cerny, the chief architect of the PlayStation 5, spent two years walking the floors of Sony's first-party development studios before a single line of…
  • 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.
  • Sega GenesisIn the early 1980s, Sega Enterprises faced a severe downturn in its arcade business. Company revenues had surpassed $200 million between July 1981 and June…
  • 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.
  • Sega SaturnIn 1992, Sega began developing the Saturn while its Model 1 arcade hardware was already proving that 3D polygonal graphics could captivate players.
  • Xbox Series X and Series SIndustry rumors of new Xbox hardware had started as early as June 2018, with Microsoft's Phil Spencer confirming they were deep into architecting the next…
  • 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.
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemOn the 9th of September 1987, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi revealed the development of the Super Famicom in a newspaper article published by Kyoto…
  • Nintendo 64In 1993, Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi met with Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark to discuss a new console partnership.
  • DreamcastIn 1997, Sega faced a crisis that would define its future. The company had just reported its first consolidated net loss since listing on the Tokyo Stock…
  • Master SystemSega released its first video game console, the SG-1000, in Japan on the 15th of July 1983. This launch occurred on the same day that Nintendo introduced the…
  • TurboGrafx-16In July 1985, Hudson Soft approached Nintendo with a proposal for a new add-on to the Famicom. This device would use patented Bee Cards to store full games…
  • 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…
  • Nintendo Entertainment SystemOn the 15th of July 1983, the Famicom console arrived in Japanese stores with a price tag of ¥68,000. Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had demanded a…
  • Xbox (console)Bill Gates stood before the public in late 1999 and declared his vision for a new machine. He wanted the system to be the platform of choice for the best and…
  • Atari 2600In late 1975, MOS Technology debuted the 6502 microprocessor for $25 at the Wescon trade show in San Francisco. Engineers Steve Mayer and Ron Milner of Cyan…
  • Amiga CD32Commodore announced the Amiga CD32 at the Science Museum in London on the 16th of July 1993. British media greeted the event with great fanfare despite the…
  • Nintendo Switch 2Nintendo began pre-production of its next console shortly after the Switch's release, with a team reviewing the performance limitations of the original unit.
  • PlayStation ClassicSony Interactive Entertainment unveiled the PlayStation Classic at the Tokyo Game Show in September 2018. The console officially launched on the 3rd of…
  • PlayStationSony executive Ken Kutaragi managed one of the company's hardware engineering divisions before becoming known as "The Father of the PlayStation".
  • 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…