We are less than 2 weeks away from E3 and we are already getting into the spirit of things. Sparked by a conversation on last week’s Weekend Confirmed, we are looking back at the E3′s of yore and trying to pinpoint some of the introductions and announcements that have had a lasting impact on gaming as we know it.
We took a look at good ‘ol Wikipedia and pulled the biggest announcements from each year and spend time hitting the topics in bold:
- ’95 – PS1 & Saturn
- ’96 – N64 unveiling, Super Mario 64
- ’97 – Half-Life, MGS
- ’98 – Duke, Ocarina
- ’99 – Dreamcast
- ’00 – PS2 & MGS2, Xbox & Halo
- ’01 – GameCube
- ’02 – Xbox Live, wireless controllers (Wavebird)
- ’03 – Half-Life 2
- ’04 – PSP & DS, Unreal Engine 3
- ’05 – 360 & PS3
- ’06 – Wii
- ’07 -
- ’08 -
- ’09 – Kinect & Move
- ’10 – 3DS
We will be doing our E3 predictions show next week, so hit us up on twitter and let us know what you expect, or would like to see come out of E3 2011.
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- Jonathan Downin - @jonathandownin - Game Thing Daily
- Jon Cole - @jonathanacole
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