How Have Video Games Changed Over The Years

In the United States in 2014, consumers spent an astounding $22.41 billion dollars on the video game industry alone. Since the early 1970’s video games have been extremely popular among people regardless of age. Although in the following years, video games have evolved immensely in different ways into the games that we have today. In the past 45 to 50 years, not only has the devices used to play these video games expanded, but diverse selection of games has multiplied, there has been a vast improvement of graphic quality, and the games have become more interactive. The video games that have come out and are played today are vastly different from the video games that were released and played by consumers 45 to 50 years ago. The first video games did not …show more content…
On January 27, 1972 the Magnavox Odyssey became the first official home video game system around the world. Unfortunately, due to poor advertising the Magnavox Odyssey, only three years after it was initially released was dismissed. Fortunately, that same year Atari released a game called Pong that was an automatic hit when it was placed in arcades and pubs. Thanks to its massive success, Atari decided to release a home version of the ping-pong like game. Videos games reached a “golden age” in October of 1977 when a video game system that was programmable was released by Atari that had more than 200 possible games for the system. In 1980, the Mattel Intellivision was launched that had better graphics and a larger microprocessor.
Video games today offer a more assorted selection allowing people to play games that appeal to themselves rather than the vast majority. Some of the varied genres of video games include but not limited to be are social games, action, adventure, roleplaying, strategy/puzzles, and driving. Computers and mobile devices equipped with the correct capabilities have expanded the limits of what and