Video
Games have always been known to be a form of entertainment. Whether a
child was coming home to play a cartoon game after school or a
teenager was setting up to play a sports game with his friends on a
Saturday night, video games were always looked at for their fun and
escape from the real world. Lot's of things have changed about the
industry over the past few years including the people that play them.
The ages that people are playing games ranged from younger years but
now older people have joined in on the fun as well!
“The
stereotype of a "gamer" mostly young, mostly nerdy and most
definitely male -- has never been further from the truth. In the
United States, twice as many adult women play video games as do boys,
according to
the
Entertainment Software Association, the industry's top trade group.”
In
recent reports and surveys from 2013 to 2014 there has been a
massively big increase in the amount of woman that played compared to
men. It seems over time the general stereo type of a gamer has
changed dramatically. A lot of this is believed to be in the big jump
in the amount of cell phone games available. The cost of them
including how easy it is to download at the touch of a finger
compared to driving to a store and buying a disk. This plays a huge
factor when it comes to the shocking new statistics.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/10/17/more-women-play-video-games-than-boys-and-other-surprising-facts-lost-in-the-mess-of-gamergate/
“Despite
the strength of Destiny, the launch of which marked the best-selling
new franchise ever released, software sales were down 35 percent from
the same time last year.”
The
video game industry makes billions of dollars a year and that has
never slowed down until now. Most companys are now facing the
challenge of making consoles that continue to sell. Most people are
always looking to get the newest thing on the market and that
especially goes for new gaming platforms. With the release of the
newest Xbox One and Playstation 4 the battle is always ragging
between Microsoft and Sony but is there really any winner? The
problem is people today are still enjoying their older consoles with
older games and with the prices of newer items it's a little hard to
move on from games that offer lots of replay value with no cost!
“Although
some people might argue that video games are bad for you, studies
have shown just the opposite: video games not only help players
alleviate stress -- they can also bolster certain skills.”
With
all the fun that video games have to offer there has always been one
concern with parent's about gaming and that was the strain they put
on the eyes. Every parent wants to see their child healthy and that
applies for eye care too. Although the eyes play a big part when
interacting with video games the hands do as well and that brings the
question, do video games have a large influence on how well someone
learns and handles hand eye coordination? Turns out children who play
are learning how to ride bikes or play sports better than kids who
don't. The hands and eyes have always gone together to make the body
perform amazing things but do video games help our youth learn simple
things easier with a little fun mixed in and are there other
alternatives to help with that better than gaming does?
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/18125/20141019/study-finds-that-video-games-boost-eye-hand-coordination-skills.htm
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