Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'video games'

Browse all alternate history scenarios about 'video games'.

What If Microtransactions Never Became Common?

Exploring the alternate timeline where microtransactions failed to become the dominant monetization model in gaming, potentially creating a vastly different digital entertainment landscape.

What If Nintendo Never Entered The Video Game Market?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Nintendo remained a playing card and toy company, fundamentally altering the development and cultural impact of the global video game industry.

What If Pac-Man Was Never Created?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Namco's iconic yellow circle never chomped its way into arcade history, radically altering the trajectory of video game development, popular culture, and the gaming industry as we know it.

What If PlayStation Never Succeeded?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Sony's PlayStation failed to capture the video game market, dramatically altering the landscape of gaming, entertainment technology, and digital media.

What If Pokémon Was Never Created?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Satoshi Tajiri never developed the Pokémon franchise, radically altering the landscape of gaming, entertainment, and Japanese cultural exports worldwide.

What If Sega Defeated Nintendo in The Console Wars?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Sega emerged victorious over Nintendo in the 1990s console wars, permanently altering the landscape of the video game industry and digital entertainment.