Is the analogue stick the greatest improvement gaming has ever had?

[VanceIX]

Viper1 said:

VanceIX said:

episteme said:

Electro-mechanical games aren't video games.

 

The biggest improvements were probably microprocessors (you would only have stiff like PONG without them) and exchangeable cartridges. 

They are arcade games though, and an early predecessor.

Going just by just by traditional video games, the first was introduced in 1971, still predating the Magnavox by 4 years.

1 year.  The Magnavox Oddyssey launched in 1972.  As I said before, same year as Pong in the arcade.

Hmm, you're right. My bad. Was under the impression that it launched in 1975, but that's the year it was discontinued.