In 2000, gamers across the world had the chance to get their hands on the brand new PlayStation 2 and quickly realized that the most popular home console ever released... sucked. However, even as the industry was moving into a new era of gaming, the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 had a few more gasps of air left in them, and released some of their best titles.
On the PC side, Blizzard released the incredibly successful Diablo II, and Eidos gave us Deus Ex. But neither of them could touch a little game by Maxis and Electronic Arts called "The Sims".