Marshal Mcluhan

Nintendo has dominated the console market with their first handheld gaming device called Gameboy, having sold over 150 million units, and continuing to create more handheld ones. Games have also become easily accessible on smart phones, following the trend of portability. According to research conducted by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), 43% of gamers play games on their smartphones, and 25% play on a wireless device. Video game consoles have drastically improved since the 1970s, having become lighter, faster, and more interactive. All of these improvements were made possible by the advancements in hardware.

Marxism is a critical perspective based off of the ideas of Karl Marx, with Marx’s most famous work being the Communist Manifesto. This book illustrates

Marxism is a theory that analyses social hierarchy and class struggle though the proletariats (lower class) and the

Marxism argued that the basic force shaping capitalist society was the class struggle between workers and owners.

Marxism is a theory based on “a materialist interpretation of historical development and a dialectical view of social transformation” (Wikipedia, 2017) by philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism focuses on social contradictions and the struggle between socioeconomic classes, which are proletariat, who are the poor people and the working class; and bourgeoisie, the rich people that control the means of production. Marxist theory states that the only way to eliminate the differences between both classes is a violent revolution that will lead to a communist society.

However, as the Wii’s target market is slightly different from that of either the Xbox 360 or the PS3, it is of less concern in the short-term. Nintendo’s dominance of female console gamers, however, is of serious concern. In 2008, the Wii outsold the PS3 and Xbox combined, indicating Nintendo’s strength in the market, as well as the growing eminence of female gamers as a target for game and console developers.

The device itself looks like a typical console controller, but it is mounted with a 5" LCD, capable of up to 720p. With two thumbsticks, one D-pad, and ten buttons (the thumbsticks, as expected, double as buttons), the comfortably ergonomic layout will handle just about everything you can throw at it, rarely encountering control issues except for games that requires special controllers. Backed by a Tegra 4 processor and 2GB or RAM, 16GB of storage built in and a microSD port, the storage possibilities allow for some serious collections and nearly endless hours of brain-frying entertainment. Coupled with a mini-HDMI cable and a Bluetooth gamepad, you have yourself the ideal console for a classics enthusiast on a budget, or lacking the space needed for

Being born in 1980 I didn’t have all the technology the younger generation has today; I lived in a house with one television, VCR, rotary phone, record player and eventually, 6 years after I was born, a Nintendo. Not the Nintendo Wii like we have today, but the original one. I can still remember how much I enjoyed playing on it. It’s a gray and black box that opened up in the front to insert a game, which looks like a small plastic book. Half the time the machine didn’t work right. I would have to blow the dust out in the system and in the game itself. Sometimes the stubborn system had me manipulating the game inside, moving it around just right so it could work. When I would finally get the system working, the picture on the television would

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have been competing for a decade with Sony dominating the market throughout most of the years because of their superior technological products. The video games industry faces an entirely new rivalry situation. In 2008, Sony lost its strong position on the market, because of Nintendo’s success with their dynamic Wii over Sony’s high-tech PlayStation 3 and Windows’ Xbox 360. Although the Wii was technologically much less advanced than PS3 and Xbox 360, the Wii's cheaper price, ease of use, innovative motion-sensitive controller, and simple but fun games, made the console a hit all demographics from 9 to 65 years old, male and female. All these factors resulted in Nintendo’s Wii dominating sales and surpassing Sony’s by an impressive ratio of 2:1.

The consumer video game systems offer an exciting opportunity to discuss and analyze the design of technology based on the strategy of each of the players within the industry. We will focus our analysis on the next generation of video consoles: Nintendo’s Wii, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3).

The Nintendo Wii’s macroenvironment consists of many components that the company has been able to successfully use to their advantage. They have developed a product that has completely revolutionized the gaming industry. Nintendo has done their research, and managed to expand their target market to people who would never think about gaming. They have successfully produced a product that almost everyone can enjoy.

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game means any type of display device that can produce two- or three-dimensional images. The electronic systems used to play video games are called platforms; examples of these are video game consoles and personal computers. Platforms can range from small handheld devices to large computers. Some video games can become popular and over a few year decrease in use. Video games have gone on to become an art form and an industry. Video games can also have many positive and negative effects on children, both mentally and physically.

The key facet responsible for the Wii’s popularity lies in the innovative design, which “calls to action” the player with physical movement. The writer views the wireless motion sensitive game console as a new, simple and fun method of gaming for all age groups. As a result, it may appeal not only to the traditional expert video game player like the PS3, but other individuals outside that segment. It thus

The is a 32-bit table-top 3D video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was marketed as the first "portable" video game console capable of displaying "true 3D graphics" out of the box.

* In the past game consoles were just for playing games but today they are more than just for playing: surfing in the internet, download pictures and movies, rip music, and watch movies (e.g. Sony’s integrated Blu-ray) past: gaming ; today: gaming and home entertainment systems