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Nintendo 64
The Nintendo 64, released in 1996, was one of the first mainstream consoles built specifically around 3D graphics, and its innovative analog joystick controller became the template that essentially every subsequent console controller's movement control has followed in some form. "Super Mario 64," the console's launch title, is widely credited with establishing the core conventions of 3D platform game design, and "GoldenEye 007" helped define local split-screen multiplayer first-person shooters as a mainstream living-room social gaming format. Nintendo's decision to stick with cartridge-based media rather than switching to CDs, unlike rivals Sony and Sega, resulted in faster load times but significantly limited storage capacity, a strategic choice that cost Nintendo some major third-party publisher support during that generation. The Nintendo 64's combination of its pioneering analog-stick controller design and its genre-defining launch titles has made it one of the most influential consoles in the history of 3D gaming.
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PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2, released by Sony in 2000, became the best-selling video game console of all time with over 155 million units sold, a record that remains unbroken more than two decades later, built on its built-in DVD playback that made it a genuine living-room multimedia hub beyond just gaming. Its enormous game library, exceeding 3,800 titles across its long production run through 2013, gave it a breadth of content that few subsequent consoles have matched, spanning nearly every genre and appealing to an unusually wide range of players. The console's backward compatibility with original PlayStation games and its role bridging the transition from the original PlayStation's cultural breakthrough to the modern console era cemented Sony's position as a dominant force in gaming for the following generation. The PlayStation 2's combination of its unmatched sales record and its massive, genre-spanning game library has made it the most commercially successful video game console ever released.
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