Biggest step forward for gaming in the 21st century

[IcaroRibeiro]

Doctor_MG said:

IMO I feel like online gaming shouldn't be referenced. Online gaming existed in the 90s and even the 80s. Sure, it's vastly more popular, but so is gaming in general.

Now if there is something specific within online gaming that you feel pushed gaming forward that occurred in the 21st century, that makes sense. But it would be tantamount to saying analog sticks in the 21st century pushed gaming forward when N64 and Dreamcast included those by default even though the way we use analog sticks today in games has changed and become more universal and analog movement is far more popular now than back in the late 90s.

In 1999 average connection speed was 56 kbps and only 150 million people in world had access to internet and half of them were in USA

For all intends and purposes there was games with online capabilities but "online play" as a synonymous for MMOs did not existed