PlayStation 3 and the HD console war
December 30, 2006
Sony and Microsoft's new high-definition consoles, along with Nintendo's motion-controlled Wii, turned video games into a medium that competed seriously with cinema for entertainment dollars and storytelling ambition. Gaming budgets passed Hollywood blockbusters; gaming culture moved from basements into the global mainstream, reshaping how a generation spent its evenings. The medium grew up, awkwardly, in public.
In context
Also in 2006 (5 other events on record)
- Twitter takes flight · North America · Technology
- Israel-Hezbollah war · Middle East · War
- North Korea's first nuclear test · East Asia · War
- Saddam Hussein hanged · Middle East · War
- Pluto demoted · Europe · Science
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Era
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