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Case Study Report

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Case Study Report : Video Games

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Case Study Report : Game Consoles : The State of the Battle for Supremacy in 2008

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The report by Gamble John is a case study concerning video games from their history to the year 2008 . Video games were first developed as early as 1947 when simple games were included by engineers in television projects . In 1958 , William A . Hiinbotham from Brookhaven National Laboratory develop a tennis game for two while three graduate MIT

students invented Spacewar in 1962 . The industry gained prominence in 1985 after the development of Nintendo Entertainment System . Since the year 2005 , not only did Nintendo , Sony and Microsoft equip their video games with powerful micro processor , internet connectivity and hard drives but also enhanced high-definition graphics resolution . Third generation video games such as Sony 's PlayStation 3 (PS3 , Microsoft 's Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii offered users with lifelike and highly sophisticated games which can be played at home or around the world with internet connectivity

In 2008 , close to 300 million people in the world used console systems mobile phones , PCs and handheld devices to play video games with the majority being between 20 and 40 years old . A fan of video game spends an average of six hours per week while an average American plays video games for at least 75 hours every year . In 2005 , the sale of video game surpassed that of movie theater box offices in the United States...

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