The "Brown Box" also known as the Magnavox Odyssey was first released in 1972 by Magnavox. Yes gamers of the world gaming consoles did exist in the 1970's. Most people wold think that that this would be trending worldwide but the Magnavox Odyssey sold about 300,000- 350,000 consoles before the Atari came out. Regardless this was the origin of gaming consoles with only 12 games to play from including sports to board games and some additional games.

After the Magnavox Odyssey the gaming console transitioned from Atari which released its first console the Atari 2600 in 1977. It then lead to new generations of gaming consoles from Nintendo which released its Famicom in 1983, then the famous Sony was introduced releasing its PS1 in 1995 and then Microsoft releasing Xbox in 2001. Years later we are currently now introduced to the latest gaming consoles the PS5, Xbox X Series, Nintendo Switch which has now lead to mobile gaming and PC gaming to be worldwide.