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A brief history of the video game industry, the rise of Nintendo, the dominance of Sony, and what Microsoft's Activision deal means for competition (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
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A brief look at the history of the video game industry, the rise of Nintendo, Sony’s dominance, and what Microsoft’s Activision deal means for competition— The first video game was a 1952 research product called OXO — tic-tac-toe was played on a computer the size of a large room:
