Video games – Past, Present and future

Video Games from the Past

Pong – First major game in arcades

Pong made the first consoles popular when they became available at home

Before home consoles people had to go to the arcade at certain times.

They had to pay for each game

So people were restricted as to when, where and how they consumed in terms of video games

Early consoles

Magnavox oddysey

Odyssey 100

Odyssey 200

They used cartridges and were available to play at home

This meant that audiences could consume games pretty much whenever they wanted to

Mega drive gave a better home gaming experience with more advanced games

90’s consolesSony Playstation

Nintendo N64

Where part of the 5th generation of game consoles

The first consoles to make gaming very popular

The Playstation used CDs to store game data.

Had 3D environments within the game

6th Gen consoles

• Sony Playstion 2

• Microsoft Xbox –HALO

• Nintendo Gamecube

The Big Players

Major Developers

The Future?

Current + future

• Current 7th Gen consoles such as Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Wii are the most advanced.

• All three have motion sensor capabilities and are still developing new features

• What will come in the future?• Will gaming take on a new meaning in terms of how

games are played?• And what other technologies will be combined with

video games to further enhance the world’s experience of this activity?

• Motion Capturing is becoming more and more popular, with the Wii, Kinect and PlaystationMove; its market is set to grow.

• The Geeks are working on a way of incorporating smells into videogames; such as burnt gunpowder and freshly cut grass. They have a prototype.

• Virtual Reality? • Hologramatic?