Nintendo,Sony,Microsoft..What have they done for gamers?

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thekitchensink on 28 July 2008

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mike_intellivision on 28 July 2008

amp316 said:

Outcast said:

kowenicki said:
xbox and xbox 360... brought online gaming to consoles (in a coherent and complete way) for the first time. You can thank them for all the multiplayer goodness we now have. Before that the developers didnt think the home console market had an appetite for online gaming.

Sega says no.

Sega would be right. The Sega channel was out way before it's time. This is another example of Microsoft "innovation".

Intellivision did direct-to-home software delivery more than a quarter century ago (pre-dating the Sega Channel):

http://www.intellivisiongames.com/bluesky/hardware/playcable_tech.html

Admittedly without online play ... but still, it was a longtime ago.

Also, there was a company called Gameline that delivered games over the phone lines for the Atari 2600. You probably have heard of them by their current name: America on Line

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_On_Line

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