03213cam a2200385 i 4500 991107108407306196 20260515110534.0 210416s2021 nyuaf g b 001 0 eng 2021012810 9781984825438 paperback 1984825437 paperback 9781984825445 electronic book 99989258472 (OCoLC)1249712079 (OCoLC)on1249712079 LBSOR/DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF GZD GL4 YDX English pcc GV1469.3 .K453 2021 794.809 23 Kent, Steve L., author. 27084 The ultimate history of video games. Volume 2. Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the billion-dollar battle to shape modern gaming / Steven L. Kent. Ultimate history of video games. Volume two. Ultimate history of video games. Volume II. History of video games. First edition. New York : Crown, [2021] xxiv, 562 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword / by Mark Cerny — 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. "As video games evolve, only the fittest companies survive... In volume 1 of The Ultimate History of Video Games, [Steven L. Kent] chronicled the industry's first thirty years. In volume 2, he narrates gaming's entrance into the twenty-first century, as Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and Microsoft battle to capture the global market. The home console boom of the '90s turned hobby companies like Nintendo and Sega into Hollywood-studio-sized business titans. But by the end of the decade, they would face new, more powerful competitors. In boardrooms on both sides of the Pacific, engineers and executives began, with enormous budgets and total secrecy, to plan the next evolution of home consoles. The PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Sega Dreamcast all made radically different bets on what gamers would want. And then, to the shock of the world, Bill Gates announced the development of the one console to beat them all-even if Microsoft had to burn a few billion dollars to do it... [This volume] explores the origins of modern consoles and of the franchises-from Grand Theft Auto and Halo to Call of Duty and Guitar Hero-that would define gaming in the new millennium"-- Provided by publisher. Video Games —History . Video games industry History. lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2026-05-15 0 GV1469.3 KEN (II) 2026-05-15 1 2026-05-15 1 SOON AVAILABLE 5468 5468