History of Video Games 2000

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    PlayStation 2 launches and becomes the best-selling video game console of all time.

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    Advertising Review Council (ARC) is established as division of ESRB to monitor and enforce compliance with industry-adopted marketing and advertising guidelines.

Video game consumer spending

Top games by purchase

‘1995 through 2022 – U.S. Top 20 Best-Selling Games by Year (Physical and Full Game Digital from the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation, STEAM and Xbox platforms for publishers in the Digital Leader Panel) ranked on dollar sales

  1. Pokemon Stadium
  2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
  3. Madden NFL 2001
  4. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
  5. Pokemon Silver
  6. Legend Zelda:Majora's
  7. Pokemon Gold
  8. The Sims
  9. Diablo 2
  10. Pokemon Yellow
  11. Perfect Dark
  12. Mario Party 2
  13. WWE No Mercy
  14. WWE Smackdown
  15. Gran Turismo 2
  16. World Is Not Enough
  17. Donkey Kong
  18. WWE Smackdown 2
  19. Spiderman
  20. Roller Coaster Tycoon
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