The battle of consoles from the start.

[Trunks]

Everyone remembers the good old Atari VCS ( also known as 2600 ). The first console that was released in 1978 at a price of $200. Atari didn't make good sales until 1980 when arcade games were published by Activision. Games like Space Invaders, Defender, Asteroids and Pitfall. Also its hard to believe but Atari was ahead of its time. They even had Wireless joy sticks.

In 1979 the Intelivison game out just a year after its competitor Atari released its console. The price for this system started at $300. Intelivisons Weird controllers made it very unqiue from the Atari. It had 15 buttons all together which made it extremely hard to play.

Later the ColecoVision came out in 1982 at a price of $300. The thing that stuns me is that it can play Atari 2600 games on it. Which doesn't make sense to me, because they were competitors. It basically the same as the Intelivison same weird like controller that makes you think you have a phone in your hand.

That same year the Atari 5200 came out competing with the ColecoVision at a price of $330. ( I still don't understand this I thought they teamed up, but whatever. ) Although the Atari won in the graphic battle, but it performed poorly in the market due to design flaws. It was the first to have analog on the controllers. you have to give it props for that.

The system you all know and love was released in 1985 the Nintendo (NES) It started at a price of only $250 pretty cheap for its popularity. This system blew the gaming world out of proportions With its 8-bit graphics didn't seem to have competitors other than the Sega master system. The (NES) great performance and games made it the best seller of its time.

The Sega master system was released in 1986 competing with the (NES) for ??? (Can't find it anywhere ). The master System seemed to fail in that market industries due to the lack of games.

In 1989 Sega tried again with the Genesis which started at $160. Which had 16-bit graphics with blast processing and better games like Sonic the Hedge Hog and Gunstar Heroes. Although it had better graphics then the (NES) it still failed to meet the standards of its audiences. It also failed to the (NES) in the markets.

Next is Nintendo's turn to upgrade with there new system in 1991, called Super Nintendo that started at a price of only $200 ( Another amazingly low price. I would have thought that it would be higher because of there success with the (NES).) It also had 16-bit graphics and its high speed cpu ( at the time period )which made it run faster than any other system.

Atari's had one last chance at controlling the gaming world. They Released the Atari Jaguar in 1993 for $200. Although it had 64-bit graphics it seem to fail in the markets which caused them to drop out of video game console market.

A new manufacturer is coming in for the battle.The Sony PlayStation in 1994 for $300. Although it had 32-bit graphics it was the first to sell over 100,000,000 consoles.

The Sega Saturn was released in 1995 for $400 with 32-bit graphics. Sega was in process of creating Sega Neptune, it was canceled shortly before Saturn was released. Once again it didn't compare to the audiences as is competitors. This was when the gaming world started to see Sega slipping away.

Nintendo made another console in 1997 called the Nintendo 64 at the price of $200 which also had great success in the market. It was known as the last console to use cartridges. For some reason they seemed to put 64 at the end of all there games. Does anyone know if there was any reason for this or what. Maybe someone could help me out.

Sega finally got it right with the DreamCast which was released in 1999 for $200. Although it was a great system it still was at the bottom of list of Sony and Nintendo. When Microsoft joined the console wars someone had to and Sega got knocked out. Although they quit making consoles they still make games for Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. They stopped making games for the DreamCast in 2007.

Sony developed the PlayStation 2 and released it in 2000 for $300. The sold over 127,000,000 million systems which is the highest amount up to this date.

Nintendo made the GameCube in 2001 for $200. The Gamecube was a good system but the PlayStation 2 had them beat by a long shot. It seemed to look like Nintendo was going to fall out of the competition when the Xbox released.

Finally Microsoft joined the battle. With the Xbox in 2001 for $350. It was of course competing with the GameCube and the PlayStation 2. The Xbox was there first attempt with the console world and seemed to be going well.

Now we enter the seventh generation of video games. In 2005 Microsoft released another console called the Xbox 360 from $300 to $400. It has the best ever selling online game, Halo 3, sold over 8 mill copies. The Xbox 360 has sold over 19 million consoles. So that means that a little under half of the worlds Xbox 360 players have halo 3.

In 2006 sony released there next console called PlayStation 3 from a range of $500 - $600. Although they used to be on the top of the markets they moved to the bottom. It seems that the blue ray caused many problems making people not want to buy it. Also the price was incredibly high compared to its other competitors. What I think happened was that Sony got too zealous and decided that people would buy there system no matter what price.

The Wii was also released in 2006 for $250. It cheap price and interactive games caused it to go to the top of the market. It seems that Nintendo put themselves back at the top.

This is my first review ever so I would love some criticisms or tips. I plan on doing a more thorough review for the older consoles in the near future