While the video game industry did not become firmly established until 1972, the three majo

Following the Korean War, the strong American military presence in Japan also served to expand the coin-operated amusement industry into that country. Because World War II had greatly depleted Japan's manufacturing infrastructure, the early coin-operated companies in Japan were generally established

Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United States, Japan, and Europe. After a disastrous collapse of the industry in 1983 and a subsequent rebirth two years later, the video game industry has experienced sustained growth for over two decades to become a $10 billion industry.