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Its a fact that most people are better off nowadays than they were say 10 to 15 years ago. The richer we get the more the games market, and game and console producers, benifit. Recently, in the last six years or so, there have been many new consoles brought out onto the world market. There was the saturn, playstation, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube and the X-Box. When consoles were first about there were not nearly as many of them and they were produced, mainly, by two producers. Ther was Service Games, which was shortend to SEGA in 1965, and Nintendo. There were other smaller companies who produced other consoles but none really took off. Lately the games industry has four main producers of consoles; SEGA (which recently announced its retirement from producing consoles), Nintendo and the relative newcomers SONY and Microsoft.
Why have we all of a sudden got two more producers of consoles on the market? The answer is simple. The market for games has massively increased over the last eight years and has become a multi-billion dollar industry. More companies want a piece of this money and we can see this with the introduction of the latest producer Microsoft. They wouldnt bother entering the console producing market if there wasnt any money in it because they are already in a multi-billion dollar computer software industry. Is this a thing we are going to see more in the years to come? Will more and more electrical companies enter the gaming market as it grows and grows?
There are many reasons for the growth in the market for games and in particular games consoles. One reason may be that other entertainment pastimes have fallen in popularity; for example, less people play board games nowadays and its a fact that kids stay indoors a lot more than they used to (maybe because of worried parents!?). All these things may contribute to the growth but i believe the main benifactor is MONEY. I know there is lots of equality in the world and there is a massive difference in annual incomes from person to person but it is clear that more economically developed countries are getting richer.
If more people are getting richer then more people can afford games consoles (ding - a light turns on in Billy Gates's head). People nowadays are buying two or three consoles. Where as before they may only have had one or none. It doesnt sound a lot to have one more console but if you think about it, you take your annual outgoings on games and times it by three. Thats quite a lot more money your lining the pockets of those fat-cats! This brings me back to my point i made earlier. I believe that it is possible for more and more companies to start making game consoles in the future. If people are buying two or three consoles now, in another ten years time who knows how many people will be able to afford! There is a downside to all of this though. If the companies producing the consoles and software really think people can afford more what are they going to do? Raise prices! The richer we get the more the prices may rise, and it probably not on a proportionate scale.
So my point is basically this question: Will the gaming world be better with more money and more comanies producing in it?
Thanks for reading
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Why have we all of a sudden got two more producers of consoles on the market? The answer is simple. The market for games has massively increased over the last eight years and has become a multi-billion dollar industry. More companies want a piece of this money and we can see this with the introduction of the latest producer Microsoft. They wouldnt bother entering the console producing market if there wasnt any money in it because they are already in a multi-billion dollar computer software industry. Is this a thing we are going to see more in the years to come? Will more and more electrical companies enter the gaming market as it grows and grows?
There are many reasons for the growth in the market for games and in particular games consoles. One reason may be that other entertainment pastimes have fallen in popularity; for example, less people play board games nowadays and its a fact that kids stay indoors a lot more than they used to (maybe because of worried parents!?). All these things may contribute to the growth but i believe the main benifactor is MONEY. I know there is lots of equality in the world and there is a massive difference in annual incomes from person to person but it is clear that more economically developed countries are getting richer.
If more people are getting richer then more people can afford games consoles (ding - a light turns on in Billy Gates's head). People nowadays are buying two or three consoles. Where as before they may only have had one or none. It doesnt sound a lot to have one more console but if you think about it, you take your annual outgoings on games and times it by three. Thats quite a lot more money your lining the pockets of those fat-cats! This brings me back to my point i made earlier. I believe that it is possible for more and more companies to start making game consoles in the future. If people are buying two or three consoles now, in another ten years time who knows how many people will be able to afford! There is a downside to all of this though. If the companies producing the consoles and software really think people can afford more what are they going to do? Raise prices! The richer we get the more the prices may rise, and it probably not on a proportionate scale.
So my point is basically this question: Will the gaming world be better with more money and more comanies producing in it?
Thanks for reading
g
I read in The Mirror today that both the GameCube and the PS2 will have reduced prices by the end of this year!
They said that the Cube will drop to a mere £105!!!
Can you believe it!!! I thought that £165 at SR was the best we'd see for at least a year or two!!
But then again, it is a newspaper report!
And this drop will apparently occur due to the expected price reduction of the PS2 to less than £150.
And that is something we can expect - but maybe not quite as low.
And the short report ended with the additional comments saying that this leaves Microsoft with no choice but to reduce the price of their giant sized X-box!!
So if this is true, it's great news for gamers all round!! :D
They said that the Cube will drop to a mere £105!!!
Can you believe it!!! I thought that £165 at SR was the best we'd see for at least a year or two!!
But then again, it is a newspaper report!
And this drop will apparently occur due to the expected price reduction of the PS2 to less than £150.
And that is something we can expect - but maybe not quite as low.
And the short report ended with the additional comments saying that this leaves Microsoft with no choice but to reduce the price of their giant sized X-box!!
So if this is true, it's great news for gamers all round!! :D
"The more the merrier" so the saying goes.
It's all about competition really: the greater the competition, the more developers will want to out-do each other and come up with original ideas....
Well, that's how it should work in theory.
But will many play it safe and just stick to tried-and-tested guaranteed game formulas which they know will shift a solid amount of units?
Hopefully not, but probably yes.
It's all about competition really: the greater the competition, the more developers will want to out-do each other and come up with original ideas....
Well, that's how it should work in theory.
But will many play it safe and just stick to tried-and-tested guaranteed game formulas which they know will shift a solid amount of units?
Hopefully not, but probably yes.
Its a fact that most people are better off nowadays than they were say 10 to 15 years ago. The richer we get the more the games market, and game and console producers, benifit. Recently, in the last six years or so, there have been many new consoles brought out onto the world market. There was the saturn, playstation, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube and the X-Box. When consoles were first about there were not nearly as many of them and they were produced, mainly, by two producers. Ther was Service Games, which was shortend to SEGA in 1965, and Nintendo. There were other smaller companies who produced other consoles but none really took off. Lately the games industry has four main producers of consoles; SEGA (which recently announced its retirement from producing consoles), Nintendo and the relative newcomers SONY and Microsoft.
Why have we all of a sudden got two more producers of consoles on the market? The answer is simple. The market for games has massively increased over the last eight years and has become a multi-billion dollar industry. More companies want a piece of this money and we can see this with the introduction of the latest producer Microsoft. They wouldnt bother entering the console producing market if there wasnt any money in it because they are already in a multi-billion dollar computer software industry. Is this a thing we are going to see more in the years to come? Will more and more electrical companies enter the gaming market as it grows and grows?
There are many reasons for the growth in the market for games and in particular games consoles. One reason may be that other entertainment pastimes have fallen in popularity; for example, less people play board games nowadays and its a fact that kids stay indoors a lot more than they used to (maybe because of worried parents!?). All these things may contribute to the growth but i believe the main benifactor is MONEY. I know there is lots of equality in the world and there is a massive difference in annual incomes from person to person but it is clear that more economically developed countries are getting richer.
If more people are getting richer then more people can afford games consoles (ding - a light turns on in Billy Gates's head). People nowadays are buying two or three consoles. Where as before they may only have had one or none. It doesnt sound a lot to have one more console but if you think about it, you take your annual outgoings on games and times it by three. Thats quite a lot more money your lining the pockets of those fat-cats! This brings me back to my point i made earlier. I believe that it is possible for more and more companies to start making game consoles in the future. If people are buying two or three consoles now, in another ten years time who knows how many people will be able to afford! There is a downside to all of this though. If the companies producing the consoles and software really think people can afford more what are they going to do? Raise prices! The richer we get the more the prices may rise, and it probably not on a proportionate scale.
So my point is basically this question: Will the gaming world be better with more money and more comanies producing in it?
Thanks for reading
g
Why have we all of a sudden got two more producers of consoles on the market? The answer is simple. The market for games has massively increased over the last eight years and has become a multi-billion dollar industry. More companies want a piece of this money and we can see this with the introduction of the latest producer Microsoft. They wouldnt bother entering the console producing market if there wasnt any money in it because they are already in a multi-billion dollar computer software industry. Is this a thing we are going to see more in the years to come? Will more and more electrical companies enter the gaming market as it grows and grows?
There are many reasons for the growth in the market for games and in particular games consoles. One reason may be that other entertainment pastimes have fallen in popularity; for example, less people play board games nowadays and its a fact that kids stay indoors a lot more than they used to (maybe because of worried parents!?). All these things may contribute to the growth but i believe the main benifactor is MONEY. I know there is lots of equality in the world and there is a massive difference in annual incomes from person to person but it is clear that more economically developed countries are getting richer.
If more people are getting richer then more people can afford games consoles (ding - a light turns on in Billy Gates's head). People nowadays are buying two or three consoles. Where as before they may only have had one or none. It doesnt sound a lot to have one more console but if you think about it, you take your annual outgoings on games and times it by three. Thats quite a lot more money your lining the pockets of those fat-cats! This brings me back to my point i made earlier. I believe that it is possible for more and more companies to start making game consoles in the future. If people are buying two or three consoles now, in another ten years time who knows how many people will be able to afford! There is a downside to all of this though. If the companies producing the consoles and software really think people can afford more what are they going to do? Raise prices! The richer we get the more the prices may rise, and it probably not on a proportionate scale.
So my point is basically this question: Will the gaming world be better with more money and more comanies producing in it?
Thanks for reading
g