Alejandra Garcia

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• Alejandra Garcia
• Andrew del Mundo
• Chris Peters
• Long Vu
• Katrina Tewksbury

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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

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History of Online Gaming

• 1969 Initiation
• 1980s Bulletin Boards
• 1990s Evolution of Advanced Internet Technologies
• 2000s Today's Most Popular Entertainment

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Top Online Systems

• Xbox
  PlayStation
• PC Games Nintendo

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Demographics
Average age of a gamer 34 years Average gamer
spends 8 hours playing games per week 5 of
total hours in a week 40 of all gamers are female

• Average age of a gamer 34 years
• Average gamer spends 8 hours playing games per
  week 5 of total hours in a week
• 40 of all gamers are female

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Online Gaming Statistics
Average age of a gamer 34 years Average gamer
spends 8 hours playing games per week 5 of
total hours in a week 40 of all gamers are female

• Of online gamers 58 male 42 female
• Age 25-44
• Income 35,000 - 75,000
• Online Gaming Market Worth More than 15 Billion
• About 20 million players on Xbox Live

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Marketing
Average age of a gamer 34 years Average gamer
spends 8 hours playing games per week 5 of
total hours in a week 40 of all gamers are female

• Uses emotion, especially humor, to market games
• Give away downloadable content (DLC)
• Maps
• Unlockable characters
• Weapon Upgrades
• Companies moving toward social media sites
• Twitter
• Facebook
• YouTube

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• Advantages
• Blu-ray
• Free Network
• Controllers
• Graphics
• Disadvantages
• Network
• Games
• Game
• MAG

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• Advantages
• Network
• Content
• Disadvantages
• Charges
• Attachments
• Controller
• Game
• Halo

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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.

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Wii- features

• Wii Menu
• Backward compatibility
• Online connectivity
• Parental controls

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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

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Future of Online Gaming

• PC Games more content
• Consoles advanced technologies and
  entertainment
• Eighth generation of consoles
• Nintendo Wii U announced to be release in 2012
• Sony Playstation 4 in development and may
  release around 2015
• Microsoft Xbox 720 in development and may
  release around 2015

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Future of Online Gaming

• Games will evolve into an open world where a
  players choices can change the path they take
• More 3-D
• Future of gaming lies in the cloud1.
• No more game media
• Games wont get installed, but exist in the
  cloud get streamed to the console
• Users pay a license fee to access
• Consoles replaced by tablets

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Our Opinion

• Which is best?
• Playstation 3
• Superior hardware blu-ray
• More features
• Xbox 360
• Poor hardware
• More games and online streaming
• Wii
• More for kids
• Games get old

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Questions
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