The GameCube, launched in 2001 alongside the Xbox, fell into third place, a first for Nintendo. Although initially expected to struggle, it managed to reach second place in sales behind the PS2 on the strength of the launch title Halo: Combat Evolved. Microsoft entered the home console market with the Xbox. The PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 and became the best-selling video game console of all time. Sega announced that they would no longer produce video game consoles after two straight underperforming consoles and became a third-party developer. The sixth generation of video games officially began in 1998 with the introduction of the short-lived Dreamcast, which was discontinued in 2001. Notable games released in the 2000s included Half-Life 2, Wii Sports, Grand Theft Auto III, The Sims, Ikaruga, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Super Mario Galaxy, the Halo trilogy and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.Ĭonsoles of the 2000s Sixth generation (1999–2006) The sixth and seventh generation of video game consoles went on sale, including the PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Advance and Xbox 360. Overall the decade saw the last of the low resolution three-dimensional polygons of the 1990s with the emergence of high definition games, and often focused on developing immersive and interactive environments, implementing realistic physics, and improving artificial intelligence. Sega, being Nintendo's main rival in the 1980s and 1990s, left the console market in 2002 in favor of returning to third-party development, as they once were.

It was a decade that was primarily dominated by Sony, Nintendo, newcomer Microsoft, and their respective systems.

The 2000s was the fourth decade of the video game industry. Video game-related events in 2000s 1990s.

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