Category:Games released in 2001

The new millennium! Sega discontinues its console operations after the lackluster sales of the Dreamcast, leaving them to publish on other systems. The PlayStation 2 starts getting a solid hold on the video game market, while the Xbox and Nintendo GameCube are launched to compete with it. Windows XP is released, becoming the most used computer OS of all time within the next few years. Apple finalizes Mac OS X this year, which starts off a little rocky and rather buggy, but with the clear intent of ending Mac OS Classic for good. The iPod is also released, though it's not really capable of playing (non-homebrew) games. Nintendo also gets the Game Boy Advance out, giving handheld games a sizeable technological boost.

Infamously, this would be the year where the September 11th attacks would occur. Following the disaster, numerous media including video games were subject to alterations to remove the Twin Towers during or after their release, including Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro.