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JoeTheBro on 23 April 2013

Way too mainstream and "American" for my tastes.



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kljesta64 on 23 April 2013

i have to say it again gamecube dreamcast and ps2 are not 64-bit consoles lol



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UnitSmiley on 23 April 2013

No FFVII that sold around 10 million copies and made RPGS popular in the west. :o



the_dengle on 23 April 2013

Try again Natgeo.



bananaking21 on 23 April 2013

great pic. though it didnt mention the ps1 or nintendo Wii. both changed the gaming industry very much. ohh and no gameboy as well



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kain_kusanagi on 23 April 2013
UnitSmiley said:
No FFVII that sold around 10 million copies and made RPGS popular in the west. :o

I don't think that's the kind of evolution that this timeline is designed to show.



BossPuma on 23 April 2013

i don't understand how Starcraft and Halo are on this list. They really not stand out to me as evolutionary. And whats so special about WoW? Ocarina of Time should be on here too since it basically invented the lock-on mechanic, though im not sure exactly what this timeline is about



kain_kusanagi on 23 April 2013
BossPuma said:
i don't understand how Starcraft and Halo are on this list. They really not stand out to me as evolutionary. And whats so special about WoW? Ocarina of Time should be on here too since it basically invented the lock-on mechanic.


Really? For lock-on? Starcraft and Halo both set standards and changed the face of gaming. Starcraft is a new sport and Halo is freaking HALO.  I do agree that Zelda deserves a spot on the list, but it's a small timeline and everything can't make it on.



NoirSon on 23 April 2013

Seems MS bias to me mainly because of the Halo and Kinetic bullets.

I mean, Doom, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, Quake, Tomb Raider, Super Mario 64 or even something like Half Life/Counter Strike deserve their own bullets on a evolution of video games more then Halo.

As someone said, Kinetic should have been bundled with the Wii, Eyetoy and the Move. I also wouldn't give Angry Birds its own bullet without mentioning the rise of iPhone/Andriod markets in general.



the_dengle on 23 April 2013
UnitSmiley said:
No FFVII that sold around 10 million copies and made RPGS popular in the west. :o

No mention of Pokémon or any handheld console including the DS. For shame. No mention of the 2600 for crying out loud!