Recent Event Highlights: Sega discontinues Dreamcast, and 8 more...
Created by dipity on Jul 31, 2010
Last updated: 08/30/10 at 04:41 PM
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Nintendo announces the 3DS at the 2010 E3. This system is a glasses free response to 3D gaming.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
This shows that Nintendo is getting on board with 3D, but they took it one step further than most. 3D is very popular, but having a way to make games look 3D without glasses is extremely innovative.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/nintendo-announces-3ds
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Nintendo Wii breaks single month sales records by selling more than 3.8 million consoles in the month of December 2009.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
This showed Nintendo's dominance over the console market. This helped to prove that graphics don't mean everything when it comes to games, and proved, once again, that games are more important than what a console is capable of.
http://www.gaming-age.com/news/2010/1/14-23
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Microsoft relinquishes full control of Bungie which allows Bungie to be an independent studio.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
Bungie was one of the most important studios for the Xbox and Microsoft. Even though Microsoft kept exclusive rights to the Halo franchise, Bungie is a large studio and this deal could hurt Microsoft in the long run.
http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/138348/bungie-leaves-microsoft-to-become-indie-studio/
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
The Xbox 360 gives a large number of customers the "Red Ring of Death" which causes people to not be able to play games.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
The Xbox 360 was a big seller and the mass malfunction of the system was a major upset to much of the gaming community. This caused many gamers to be upset with Microsoft which hurt Microsoft sales.
http://editorials.teamxbox.com/xbox/1651/The-Red-Ring-of-Death/p1/
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Sony announces that the PS3 will use the Blu-ray format for games.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
This new format will allow discs to hold much more data which means that games can be much larger. This feature gave the PS3 a slight edge over the other consoles.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/16/news_6124681.html
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Nintendo chose not to keep exclusive rights with Rare Ltd. which allowed Microsoft to buy the license.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
This was important because it gave Microsoft more games for their newly released Xbox console and gave them exclusive access to Rare's titles such as Banjo Kazooie.
http://money.cnn.com/2002/09/20/news/deals/rare/index.htm
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Sega discontinued production of the Dreamcast due to financial trouble, mainly caused by lack of 3rd party support.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
The dreamcast was a very innovative console. It helped to pioneer online gaming on home console systems. This also marked the end of hardware manufacturing for Sega.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1572800/why_the_dreamcast_failed.html?cat=19
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
The 74 year old chairman and president of Sega died of heart failure.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
Okawa helped Sega during their financial crisis and led the company away from hardware manufacturing to strictly software manufacturing which saved the company. He was personally invested in the company. He gave the company $681.6 million dollars before his death. This was not his first contribution from his own funds.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/sega-chairman-dies-of-heart-failure-10035541.htm
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
Microsoft unveils the xbox console at the Game Developers Conference in 2000.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
Microsoft was already known for PC games, so the announcement of Microsoft making its own console was highly anticipated. This brought better graphics and audio as well as more action packed gameplay to console gamers and expanded Microsoft's audience.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Nov00/XPKPR.mspx
Question 1: What were the details of the event?
SNK quit selling Neo Geo Pocket Color systems in the US due to better retail market overseas and financial trouble.
Question 2: Why was the event important to the industry?
This event marked the financial ruin and downfall of SNK as a hardware manufacturer.
http://videogame2play.com/platform/portable/neo-geo-pocket-color/neo-geo-pocket-color/
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