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It was Nov. 14, 2001 and 1,000 units of the Microsoft® Xbox (TM) video game system arrived at Toys “R” Us Times Square in New York City. About Xbox Xbox was Microsoft’s future-generation video game system. Xbox games blur the lines between fantasy and reality. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers products and services designed to empower people — any time, any…

Xbox One vs. PS4 I love the Xbox One (“Xbox”) when compared to the PlayStation 4 (“PS”)because the Playstation seems a little confusing. The two consoles are both good but they don’t have things that the other console does. One thing that is kind of a big deal is that the Xbox has a whole game series called Halo. The Playstation has a game that the Xbox does not have as well but the game isn’t as well know. This game is Uncharted and it’s a series as well. Both the PS and Xbox have downloadable…

What was the motivation for these changes? Late in the year 2001, Microsoft had just brought the Xbox console into the world of gaming. In 2004 alone, they had sold about 19.9 million units, which was just a little more than the Game Cube (made by Nintendo). However, at this time Sony had control of the market, selling approximately 190 million consoles between both the Play Station and the Play Station 2. Much of this can be attributed to the fact that Sony had released the PS2 approximately…

I was recently introduced to an extraordinary game, Guitar Hero for PS2. My friends and I each pitched in to buy it for eighty dollars at a local gaming outfit. Since then, there has been nothing but laughter, shouting, and squealing rock & roll emitting from their house. Guitar Hero comes in a package deal; it includes the PS2 game, a plastic guitar controller with strap, and a few stickers for accessorizing the guitar. Other guitar skins can be bought, and even personalized, on Ebay.com. The…

Case study 1: Nintendo It is interesting to consider the video game industry as an example of strategies used by the different firms to compete and stay among the greatest sellers of video games and consoles since those strategies evolve as technology evolves. However, despite the fact that this industry seems a bit different from the more classic cases, it is safe to say that like any other type of firm, the goal of video game producers is to increase their sales and thus, gain a certain kind…

OVERVIEW OF Xbox: Along with the invention of visual media, giant players of the industry started to realize the potential of video gaming market. The first generation video games released in the 1960s and later several new generations of gaming consoles came back-to-back with advanced features. World-famous Washington based software-giant Microsoft created an all-new video gaming brand 'Xbox' in 2001 as its first step to conquering the gaming market. Since the release, it went through a tough…

The novel, Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, relates to current advancements being made in virtual reality gaming. The story is centered aorund Wade Watts, an adolescent in the year 2044, and his passion for playing the virtual reality video game, created by James Halliday, known as the OASIS. In the text Cline writes, “I’d heard of Halliday, of course. Everyone had. He was the videogame designer responsible for creating the OASIS, a massively multiplayer online game that gradually evolved into…

Out of the three major gaming companies, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, nobody has a better system for children then Nintendo. Of course, this is talking about the Wii U. This system has not been the best effort that Nintendo has made. However, kids might get more out of it than adults. WII U AMIIBO MAKE IT PERFECT FOR KIDS There is one major reason why this system is perfect for kids and that is because Amiibo. Amiibo is basically a near field communication based platform that allows…

Microsoft has recently released their newest controller for their Xbox One console, the Xbox One Elite controller. Critics and reviewers across the web have already gave their take on this new controller and many have said that this is one of the best controllers ever. This controller better be worth it with its reported price of $150 which is absolutely asinine. WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING Critics have pointed out that the biggest change from the original Xbox One controller to the Xbox One…

If you want an exercising game to have fun while you run any where, download on a mobile device, the app Pokemon Go. The objective of the game is to catch all types of monsters called Pokemon. Some Pokemon are easy to catch while some are hard. There are ways to help you on your very fun adventure. The game is also never ending so you will have fun whenever you want. In the future there will be more Pokemon but in the late 2016 there were about 151 Pokemon. You will learn how to catch Pokemon,…