Nintendo console, which released in North America in 1985, and in Europe throughout 1986 and 1987. The console was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (abbreviated as Famicom) in 1983. The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalise the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. With the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers, authorising them to produce and distribute games for Nintendo's platform. The NES was bundled with "Super Mario Bros.", one of the best-selling video games of all time, and received ports of Nintendo's most
Video gaming in the United Kingdom profits of Britain's video game industry exceeded those from its film industry for the first time. Many major video game franchises are developed in the UK, including "Grand Theft Auto", "Tomb Raider", "Burnout", "LittleBigPlanet", "Wipeout" and "", making UK the third largest producer of video game series behind Japan and United States. The best-selling video game series made in the UK is "Grand Theft Auto" (primary developed by Rockstar North in Edinburgh, Scotland) which the series has sold over 150 million copies as of September 2013, the recent instalment "Grand Theft Auto V" became the fastest-selling video game of all