Over the past two decades, we've seen plenty of bizarre hacks, strange devices, and oddball services for online multiplayer. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, there were plenty of attempts to get online multiplayer services up and running for consoles, but nothing ever gained substantial traction in the United States until the Xbox 360 hit shelves in 2005. It's practically a mandatory feature for any AAA game on modern consoles now, so let's take a moment to admire how far we've come.