Next Generation Videogames

Next Generation Videogames

Table of Content Serial Number Page Number Abstract 02

1 .0 Video Game Console Industry 02

2 .0 Market Update 03

2 .1 Overview 04

3 .0 Graphics and Controllers 07

4 .0 Analysis 09

5 .0 Conclusion 15

6 .0 Bibliography 16

Abstract

Sony Corporation is the world leader in consumer electronics and leading video game console manufacturer . Sony Corporation (Sony ) is a forerunner in video game consoles

Its PlayStation 2 is among the best in the world and it accounts for

br almost 70 of global sales in the video games console market . Another unit of Sony 's , Station .com , produces the company 's other online games which include the EverQuest series , PlanetSide and the Matrix Online all crowd favorites (DataMonitor , 2006

The then identifies itself with three major forerunners in this industry , namely , Microsoft , Sony Corporation , and Nintendo . The research also takes the reader through an analysis of current industry trends and what future developments can be expected from this entertainment industry

1 .0 Video Game Console Industry

It all began in 1949 when Ralph Baer , an engineer , made an attempt to build a television that could perform multiple roles . Then it was the turn of Willie Higinbotham to design an interactive tennis game on an oscilloscope , and Steve Russell , who programmed a rudimentary space game on a DEC PDP-1 mainframe computer . Though the idea is the same , methods have changed

There has been much development after this , like Asteroids 64 by Crave Nolan Bushnell 's Computer Space , Space Invaders , Centipede , Frogger , and Pong . Pong is an advanced variant of Willie Higinbotham 's tennis on his oscilloscope . Companies such as Atari , Sega , Magnavox , and Nintendo , are well known video game manufacturers . Today , we have Microsoft and Sony Corporation as two forefront runners in this business . Sony would never have thought that its Playstation2 would become its top-selling product of all time (Herman .L et al , 2006

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