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Initial Video Game Research

The Gaming Industry

Genres

Platformer- Donkey Kong

Shoot ‘Em Up- Space Invaders

First Person Shooter- Call Duty

Simulation- Sims 3

Strategy- Civilisation

Puzzle Game- Tetris

RPG (role playing games)- Final Fantasy

MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing games)- Club Penguin

Adventure- Grand Theft Auto

Casual Games- Cooking Mama

Beat ‘Em Up- Street Fighter

Sandbox/ Open Play Game- Elite

Rhythm Action Game- Rockband

Top 5 Most Successful Games

1.     Wii Sports- 41 million- Wii

2.     Super Mario Bros- 41 million- nes

3.     Pokémon- 32 million- Gameboy

4.     Tetris- 31 million- Gameboy

5.     Duck Hunt- 28 million- nes

Global Video Industry worth- $65 billion

Average age of game player- 35

Value of British video game industry-£3.6 billion

8 out of 10 homes have games consoles

Most popular game console- PS2

Current Sales Percentages for each 7^th generation console-

1.     Wii- 89.36 million

2.     Xbox 360- 57.6 million

3.     PS3- 55.5 million

Relationship between gender and consoles-

Female:

Wii- 80%

Xbox 360- 11%

PS3- 9%