The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming

The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming

2021 • 624 pages

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3.5 stars.

Much like it's predecessor it largely ignores PC games in favor of console gaming. It has a single mention of Valve and Steam, despite how integral that has become to modern PC gaming. Blizzard gets more coverage than it did in the first book, but it's mostly in the context of the rise of Activision.

It is still a solid book on the last few generations of console games. However it's far from “ultimate”.

February 13, 2023Report this review