Alejandra Garcia

Andrew del Mundo

Chris Peters
Long Vu
Katrina Tewksbury
 Overview
• History of online gaming
• Top game systems
• Marketing Used for Online Gaming
• Top 3 Consoles
• Console vs. PC
• The future of online gaming
• Our Opinion
History of Online Gaming
• 1969 Initiation
• 1980s Bulletin Boards
• 1990s Evolution of Advanced Internet
Technologies
• 2000s Today's Most Popular
Entertainment
 Top Online Systems
Xbox PlayStation

PC Games Nintendo
 Demographics
Average age of a gamer: 34 years
• Average age of a gamer: 34 years
Average gamer spends 8 hours playing games
• Average gamer
per week; 5%spends
of total 8hours
hoursin aplaying
week
games per
40% week;
of all5% of total
gamers hours in a
are female
week
• 40% of all gamers are female
Online Gaming Statistics
Average age of a gamer: 34 years
• Of online gamers: 58% male; 42%
Average gamer spends 8 hours playing games
female
per week; 5% of total hours in a week
• Age: 25-44
40% of all gamers are female
• Income: $35,000 - $75,000
• Online Gaming Market Worth More than
$15 Billion
• About 20 million players on Xbox Live
 Marketing
• Averageespecially
Uses emotion, age of a gamer:
humor,34 years
to market
games
Average gamer spends 8 hours playing games
• Giveper week;
away 5% of totalcontent
downloadable hours in a week
(DLC)
• Maps 40% of all gamers are female
• Unlockable characters
• Weapon Upgrades
• Companies moving toward social media sites
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Advantages
• Blu-ray
• Free Network
• Controllers
• Graphics
• Disadvantages
• Network
• Games
• Game
• MAG
• Advantages
• Network
• Content
• Disadvantages
• Charges
• Attachments
• Controller
• Game
• Halo
 Wii- An Overview
• A popular video game console released by Nintendo on
Nov/19/2006.
• Runs Wii and GameCube software.
• Use wireless controller (the Wii Remote).
• Featured with WiiConnect24, enabling it to
receive messages and updates over the
Internet while in the standby mode.
Wii- features
• Wii Menu
• Backward compatibility
• Online connectivity
• Parental controls
Wii- Pros & Cons
Pros:
• Price is cheap.
• Endless possibilities such as different channels.
• Monitor-sensor innovation allows gamers to make play
the game.
• The motion sensing controllers enable the console to
tack the things to do for players and translate it to in-
game action quickly.
• Equipped with some of the most useful features that
allow users to browse all other facilities that a computer
can provide.
• New games are always available every month to attract
gamers.
 Wii- Pros & Cons
Cons:
• Each individual game costs about $50-$100, while the
console itself doesn't cost much.
• Other potential problems with Wii are that people spend
their time playing football or tennis on the Nintendo Wii
rather going out and playing these sports real.
 PC game- An overview
• PC game is known as computer game.
• It is a video game played on computer.
• It often requires specialized hardware to play.
• It is distributed on DVDs, CDs, and floppy software, or
through online services such as Steam or D2D
(Direct2Drive).
 PC game
• Developed by Valve Corporation.
• A digital distribution, multiplayer and
communications platform.
• Has a community features, automated
game updates, in-game voice and chat
functionality.
 Pros & Cons
Pros:
• Easy to use.
• Stable download manager.
•It offers a massive community, which allows
users to make friends.
• Always keeps games on users’ account to
avoid lost or stolen.
Cons:
•Not always reliable.
• It is illegal to sell a steamworks game
again.
• Clients update too often
 Future of Online Gaming
• PC Games – more content
• Consoles – advanced technologies and
entertainment
• Eighth generation of consoles
o Nintendo Wii U – announced to be release in
2012
o Sony Playstation 4 – in development and
may release around 2015
o Microsoft Xbox 720 – in development and
may release around 2015
 Future of Online Gaming
• Games will evolve into an open world
where a player’s choices can change the
path they take
• More 3-D
• “Future of gaming lies in the cloud”[1.]
• No more game media
• Games won’t get installed, but exist in the
cloud – get streamed to the console
• Users pay a license fee to access
• Consoles replaced by tablets
 Our Opinion
Which is best?
• Playstation 3
o Superior hardware – blu-ray
o More features
• Xbox 360
o Poor hardware
o More games and online streaming
• Wii
o More for kids
o Games get old
Questions
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