From 2000 onwards

From 2000 onwards

If there is one thing that characterizes the videogame industry of the 21st century, it is its transformation into a multi-million dollar industry of unimaginable dimensions a few years before. In 2009 the video game industry was one of the most important sectors of activity in the US economy, and in countries like Spain it generated more money than the music and film industry combined

A new generation of machines

In 2000 Sony launched the anticipated PlayStation 2, note 75 a 128-bit device that would become the best-selling game console in history, while Microsoft made its entry into the industry a year later with its X-Box, a machine of similar characteristics that nevertheless did not manage to equal its success.