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The ultimate history of video games. Volume 2, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the billion-dollar battle to shape modern gaming /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kent, Steve L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Cerny, Mark (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2021]
Subjects:
Video games > History.
Video games industry > History.
Video games.
Video games industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Why on earth?"
  • Sony, the one and only
  • The last days of Sega : a cautionary tale
  • Nintendo in third
  • "But what about Sony?"
  • "Impossible to beat Sony in this race"
  • A rising tide
  • The launch from hell
  • "Mostly dead" : the afterlife of the arcade business
  • "Slightly less horrific than I imagined"
  • Rise to the heavens
  • Microsoft's revolution
  • One bluffs. One checks. One calls.
  • Keeping secrets
  • "So you say you want a revolution"
  • Wii wins
  • The games that defined generation seven
  • Electronic Arts : Activision the biggest publisher in games
  • Movies and games : trapped in a bad romance.