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- 1. HISTORY OF CONSOLES1stGeneration to 7th Generation
- 2. PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTERSIthas been 35 years since the first publically available game console. In that time, the battle for the market has been intense. Technology is always changing and so are the audiences.You must think of the production and distribution of games in three sections: PAST / PRESENT / FUTURE
- 3. ATARININTENDOSEGASONYMICROSOFTThese are themain producers of game consoles. PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTERS
- 4. TIMELINE FACTS1958 –William Higinbotham & Robert Dvorak develop the first one player interactive game - Tennis For Two - in a laboratory using technology adapted for analysing missiles.
- 5. TIMELINE FACTS1975 –Atari produce a game for the HOME MARKET - Pong -before this only arcade games were available. This started a lucrative business of coverting arcade games throughout the 70’s and 80’s.
- 6. TIMELINE FACTSAtari continuetheir success, Warner buy them for $28 in 1976. They release the ‘Atari 2600’ 25 million units are sold generating profit of $5bn.
- 7. TIMELINE FACTS1982 –This ruined everything for Atari, E.T sparked the crash in the American video game market.Watch the Game
- 8. TIMELINE FACTS1982 –The Sinclair ZX is launched in the UK byeccentric British inventor Clive Sinclair, creating another round of PLATFORM WARS (key word!)TIMELINE FACTS1983 – Suddenly, Japan enter the race with the NINTENDO (the console was called a Famicom but we know it as the NES)TIMELINE FACTS1989 – The HANDHELD market is born with the NINTENDOGameboy….and…TIMELINE FACTS1989 – SEGA launches the Mega Drive it become the best selling console on the market. (And yes, I got one for my 8th birthday) TIMELINE FACTS1995 – The Sony Playstationis launched outperforming SEGA.TIMELINE FACTS2001 – Sega announces it’s withdrawal from the market and Microsoft enter with the launch of the Xbox.TIMELINE FACTS2005 (Christmas time)Nintendo launch the Wii
- 9. Microsoft launch theXbox 360
- 10. The launch ofthe PS3 is delayed TIMELINE FACTS2007
- 11. After a seriesof delays Sony release the PS3 which is; at present, the most successful games console on the market. In a nutshell…So what were the most important advances in game consoles over the last thirty years?GraphicsHandheld technologyGame cartridges to compact disks (CDs)Multiplayer capabilities
- 12. TASK 1.1Complete researchinto the uses and pleasures older audiences experienced from playing older consoles and work out how similar and/or different the experiences are to 6th 7th generation consoles (such as PS3 & Xbox).This will help develop your understanding of the videogame industry from the audiences perspective.
- 13. What to do:Youmay work in pairs-Talk to older brothers and sisters / cousins what consoles did they own? What were their favorite games? What did they dislike about their console?Repeat this exercise with an older relative.Next consider your own experience. How much or little has actually changed over the 30years since the launch of the Atari?
- 14. RESEARCHHow you showyour research is up to you but you may wish to colour code different age groups, use graphs and charts or even present your findings using video recordings of friends and family that you interview.
- 15. Created by MissSavage for Poole High School