In the modern ages, children now save themselves the journey of a five to ten minute walk and now easily plug in and play their desired games in their very own home.
Playing video games at home began in 1977 when the company, Atari, released their video game system, ?VCS? (later known as Atari 2600) for a princely sum of $249. In the same year, Nintendo released their console, TV Game 6, to rival the Atari 2600.
Arcades were very popular in those days, as it still is in the modern world, as Midway released the first video game that could keep high scores.
It's name? The world-renowned ?Space Invaders?.
In 1980, many classic arcade games were made. Video games such as Atari's ?Asteroids? and Namco's ?Pacman? which can now be easily played in handheld consoles such as the Nintendo DS.
By 1994, many sagas of Video Game history came and went. There was a Video Game Console market crash which made many companies pull out of the business leaving Nintendo, Sega and Atari ? the leading competitors of the market.
In 1995, Atari pulled out of the market and a new competitor emerged ? Sony ? which would famously go on to lead the console market. In that year, Sony released the ?Playstation? ? a 32-bit CD-based video game console, Sega released the ?Saturn? and Nintendo released the ?Nintendo 64? which was the last video game console that used cartridge media.
By the year 2000, Sony had a firm grip on the Video Game Console market as it released the Playstation 2 with many loyal game developers such as Namco (Ridge Racer, Tekken) and selling over 100 million units. The Playstation 2 was the first console which was able to play games of its predecessor.
In the following years, Microsoft entered the market with the ?Xbox?, Nintendo released the ?Gamecube?. Nintendo led the handheld console with the release of Gameboy Advance which could play Gameboy and Gameboy Color cartridges.
Sega eventually left the Console industry, happily residing to be a software-only designer.
Now in 2006, there seems to be a gradual switch of the market leader with Microsoft releasing their Next-Gen console faster than Sony and Nintendo.
The ?XBox 360? features razor-sharp graphics and enables users to play online with each other. It was released at Christmas 2005 but many consoles were sent back to the manufacturers because of faulty parts.
The Sony Playstation 3 is set for launch on the November 2006 after the delay of its original release date Spring 2006 because of copyright complications. It is rumoured that there will be over 30 launch titles. It is also rumoured that Sony has invested over $800 million in development, research and production.
Nintendo will release its console ?Revolution?, now renamed as ?Wii? (pronounced We) shortly after the PS3 with its release date being scheduled for Christmas 2006.
The end of 2006 will certainly entail some turning points in Video Game History.
You've probably heard it all before ? there is a new video game console out and people are lining up all night long to buy it. Why are they so popular, and why are they therefore so expensive? Isn't it a fact that they are all the same and that you shouldn't have to spend more money to upgrade when you've already spent a lot of money on what you have?
The reason that there are always some new consoles out is simply that technology has gotten so far advanced and video games are trying to keep up. Each of the major brands simply keeps releasing new systems because they find new technologies to use. The graphics on the Nintendo GameCut compared to the DS compared to the Wii just keep getting better and better. When you are looking at things like the Playstation 2 compared to the Playstation 3, you are seeing vast differences. You are also seeing the same when you look at the Xbox and the Xbox 360. You are always going to get newer games, even if they are games for your PC or other video games. There are always going to be advances, so there will always be upgrades, like the PS2 to the PS3 and the PSP and GBA, as well as things like Wii and Nanchuck.
One of the best things that you can do is to cash in on the technology. Buying video games and video game consoles might seem like something you'd rather not do, but getting a hold of this technology and being able to use it can be a great way to pass the time. There are many new things that are coming out all the time, such as new video games and new video game accessories. The Wii remote and the xbox core, and well as systems that have wireless controllers and other video game bundle systems all strive to take advantage of the latest technology. There is so much that you can find when it comes to new video game systems, it is almost impossible for you to pass it up.
One of the greatest things that you can do is to have several different video game consoles. They are not all the same, far from it, and you'll find that as you get each new one you have different things that you can do and different things that you like and don't like about each. It is a great experience, to have more than one type of video gaming software and systems, because you never know what you are going to get, and you might surprise yourself by really getting good at one system or the other. The fact that they keep coming out with new ones is great too because the prices eventually drop on the older systems and you can collect them if you would like to.
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