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2001 in video gaming
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Business
SEGA announces that it'll 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'll 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
Notable releases
North American release dates:
January 21 - Phantasy Star Online (Dreamcast)
February 5 - Paper Mario (N64)
March 5 - Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64)
March 13 - (PS2)
March 21 - Serious Sam: The First Encounter (PC)
March 25 - Black & White (PC)
May 22 - Red Faction (PS2)
June 8 - (GBA)
June 11 - Super Mario Advance (GBA)
June 18 - (PS2)
June 18 - Sonic Adventure 2 (Sega Dreamcast)
June 22 - (PC)
June 29 - Final Fantasy Chronicles (PS1)
July 10 - (PS2)
July 19 - Final Fantasy X (PS2)
July 23 - Max Payne (PC)
August 21 - (PC)
August 27 - Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA)
September 9 - Advance Wars (GBA)
September 24 - Silent Hill 2 (PS2)
September 30 - Ico (PS2)
October 17 - Devil May Cry (PS2)
October 22 - Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)
October 28 - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (PS2)
October 30 - Civilization III (PC)
November 1 - Dragon Warrior VII (PS1)
November 5 - SSX Tricky (PS2, GC, Xbox)
November 9 - Project Gotham Racing (Xbox)
November 11 - Golden Sun (GBA)
November 12 - Empire Earth (PC)
November 14 - Dead or Alive 3 (Xbox)
November 14 - (PS2)
November 15 - (Xbox)
November 17 - (GC)
November 18 - Super Monkey Ball (GC)
November 20 - FreQuency (PS2)
November 20 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC)
December 3 - (PS2)
December 3 - Pikmin (GC)
December 3 - Super Smash Bros. Melee (GC)
December 4 - (PS2)
Trends
Video game consoles
The dominant video game consoles in 2001 were:
Sony's PlayStation 2
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).
Image:NGC Gamecube.jpg|The Nintendo GameCube
Image:Xbox_and_controller.jpeg|The Microsoft Xbox
Handheld game systems
The dominant handheld systems in 2001 were:
Nintendo's Game Boy Color
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).
Image:Gba.jpg|The Game Boy Advance
Video game sales
The top 10 selling console video games in 2001 in the United States ranked by units sold, according to NPD , were:
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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