2001 in video gaming
Notable events of 2001 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
[edit] Events
[edit] Business
- SEGA announces that it will no longer develop home consoles, in order to focus on game development. The Dreamcast is waiting to finish the production in May. But a lot of games were released for it in the same year.
- Indrema in April closes and its L600 Entertainment System multimedia home console is never released.
- Activision acquires Treyarch Invention LLC
- PCCW (Pacific Century CyberWorks Japan Co., Ltd.) acquires VR1 Entertainment
- Midway Games announces that it will no longer manufacture arcade games
- Sega of America Inc. v. Kmart Corporation; Sega sues Kmart over an unpaid debt of over USD$2 million dollars
- Uri Geller v. Nintendo; Geller sues Nintendo over his resemblance to a Pokémon character. The suit is dismissed.
- November 23 — GamePark releases the GP32 (GamePark 32) wireless-multiplayer multimedia handheld console in South Korea
- December — Panasonic's Q multimedia console
[edit] Notable releases
North American release dates:
[edit] Trends
[edit] Video game consoles
The dominant video game consoles in 2001 were:
Additionally, Nintendo released the Nintendo GameCube on September 14 in Japan (U.S. on November 11 and in Europe on May 3, 2002). Microsoft released the Xbox video game console in the U.S. on November 15 (in Europe on March 14, 2002).
[edit] Handheld game systems
The dominant handheld systems in 2001 were:
Additionally, Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance (GBA) in Japan on March 21 (in the U.S. on June 11 and Europe on June 22).
[edit] Video game sales
The top 10 selling console video games in 2001 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to NPD, were:
[edit] Computer game sales
The top 10 selling computer games in 2001 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to NPD, were:
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