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With its Wii video-game console, Nintendo emerged during the year as the unexpected winner of the video-game machine wars. Wii lacked state-of-the-art graphics but provided entertaining game play for ...
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The game industry prepared for the next generation of video-game consoles. Microsoft's new Xbox 360 debuted in late 2005, but the competing Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution consoles were ...
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first-person shooter (played from the point of view of the shooter) electronic game released in 2001 by the Microsoft Corporation for its Xbox console. Using state-of-the-art graphics, sophisticated ...
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Video games continued to grow in popularity. One poll showed that 40% of adults in the U.S. played video games on either a special-purpose game console or a personal computer. Among those who played ...
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The once-mighty Sega Corp. faced a merger with Japan's Sammy Corp., but after talks fell through, Sammy instead became the biggest shareholder in Sega. Observers alleged that Sega's sales had fallen ...
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