Video Games And Its Impact On Society

Video game effects are relatively new in modern society. Even though these games are often entertaining, the content of the game has been increasingly more and more violent as technology becomes more prevalent. The popularity of violent video games has caused an increase in controversy. Parents and experts feel that some games are just too violent and they demand the government to regulate the sales of these games. However, violent video games do not cause an increase in aggression, in adolescents. The forceful plan by the government is caused by an exaggeration of the effects of violent video games and this plan are indeed pointless.

Video games and computer games (from here on both categories will be simply referred to as video games for simplicity) have entered the domain of pop culture fairly recently. Although the first video game was developed in 1958 by William Higginbotham, their popularity didn’t occur until the seventies with the appearance of Pac-man and Frogger in the arcades (Computer and Video Games). If the younger generation of video game consumers would take a look at what was out there when the video game boom begun they wouldn’t be able to understand what was so attractive (and addictive?) about Pac-man and Frogger? The truth is, video games from over three decades ago share the same basic principles with the games we have

Video games have been a lasting influence on our youth and adults in today's society, games in the making throughout their time have came from a slow pace, pixely, more of a puzzle type of games. Nowadays games today are more real life making it feel like the game you're playing to be real life. They also are fast pace, not as much thinking involved, just run around shoot em up type of games that are in demand, stems the question are video games beneficial or hazardous? A Lot of people in today's society have the opinion that videogames are a waste of time, create antisocial behaviors, and have a negative influence on the person's physical and mental health, because they have a lot of violent content. In my opinion video games have a very positive impact on people today and they are beneficial by giving people a brain workout, it promotes social activity and teamwork, it also proven to improve your psychological well being.

Video games have been known to play a part in the childhood of many people. Although there is much debate about what video game was really made first, Spacewar!, made by Steve Russell and first premiered for the public in 1962, is one of the many games people list as the first real video game. Later, in 1972, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney teamed up to create the Atari company, which would produce coin-operated video games such as their first big hit, Pong. Little by little, gaming technology became more complex and in 1972 the Magnavox Odyssey was released by Ralph Baer as a video game console for home use. However, at that time Atari’s video game system had become one of the most successful systems on the American market, until the market

In the past video games have evolved from what they were in the past. Going from having to go to and arcade to playing a video game to playing in their very own home. Gaming changes from bad graphics and sound to 3-D graphics and perfect sound. Video games went from been in arcades to gaming systems, cell phones, and to computers.

Video games are the wave of the future. Video games have been apart of american culture just as long as tv or computuers have; and just like everything else in life video games have adapted and changed with the times.

Video games have been a part of the American popular culture since the 1970s, when Pong was first invented. They have affected our society in many ways, some good, and some bad. An analysis of video game trends in our society will reveal their evolution over time, the affects they have on society, and the consequences they have on society.

Video games have been around since the 40’s, reaching its popularity from the mass mainstream crowds by the 70’s. Back to the simpler times where there were less pixels and control buttons. Back to the games that didn’t have storylines – no police chases, zombie apocalypses or saving any princesses. Which were what video game creators and fans wanted as time progressed. More games, more visuals and graphics, more dimension, more realism. Thru the years, video games have evolved and expanded greatly due to more imaginative and creative ideas being developed and thru the constant technological improvements there is a huge advancement compared to the games that first came out 40 years ago.

In today world video games have come along way since the birth of game consoles, with such games as Pac Man, Donkey Kong, and Frogger. Not only have the graphics done a complete three hundred and sixty degrees turn but the violence has also on video games. There have been many people discussing on the topic of video games that have violence and the effect it has on kids. It brings out more aggression on kids that play those types of games than those who does not. Although some video games are considered harmful to society, we must find the necessary steps to improve on what we allow our children to play to fix this controversial conversation.

Violence in video games can affect ones mindset in so many different ways, where we don’t even realize it. For example playing “Grand Theft Auto” for a few hours will change your mindset. Even though it wouldn’t be in a tremendous way, but for a few minutes your mindset will think, “This game is so much fun, I want to steal cars, have police chase me, shoot at people, even steal helicopters”. According to Social scientists in the New York Times, Many studies have shown that this is becoming a major issue because of how realistic these games are starting to look. According to PBS Newshour, Another issue is, with all these major shootings, such as the Sandy Hook, The theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado, The Newton Killer, Adam Lanza ; all show that they played many violent video games. But there can be other reasons as to why they made such a major impact to this world. It could have been depression, bullying as a child, feeling socially isolated, or even a certain state of mind, where they feel like they have to transform that game into real life.

The major publishing and development houses in video games seem to be running out of ideas – at least, in the eyes of the gaming community (Community.us.playstation.com 2014). Every year, the market gets more and more saturated with sequels for games. (IGN 2015) These can be relatively innocent games, like those in the Mario franchise (or, indeed, much of the Nintendo universe); they can be more problematic games, like the Call of Duty franchise, infamous for having players much younger than the ESRB rating of Mature would recommend; and they can be expansions on previous games, like World of Warcraft or Hearthstone.(Hewitt, 2015)(Kotzer, 2014) The reason behind this is largely economic – most video game companies want to ‘play it safe,’

The video game industry has come a long way since its birth in the 1970’s, research from Jules Gray, a journalist for worldfinance.com, states the video game industry is now worth around $80 billion US dollars, undoubtedly classifying it as a key player in the economy. This is because creating a video game is a long a complicated process that requires people with expertise in design, art, programming, project management and testing, as stated by Simon Egenfeldt-Nielsen in Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction (Egenfeldt-Nielsen 23). Thanks to this, video games are extremely labor intensive, and as a result, according to Entertainment Software Association, “The U.S. video game industry directly employs more than 42,000 people in 36 states, whom received a total compensation of over $4 billion” (Video Games 21st Century, 2014), this staggering number is most likely to rise due to “the video game industry [being] one of the fastest growing sectors in

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Modern day society often depict video games to have a negative influence on young people. However, playing video games is more beneficial than people would think. Playing video games have many advantages, such as they help increase and develop cognitive functions, mental health, and more often than most they are educational.

In this era, video-games play an important role in leisure and entertaining time in every society. PlayStation arrived in 1990s, which was the start of modern videogame age and with the entrance and the development of new technology such as high speed internet, this entertaining segment becomes more and more accessible and favourable among customers. Today gaming affects billions of people around the globe and it will continue to grow. The UK games industry was worth close to £3.5bn in consumer spend in 2013, up 17% from 2012. The forecasted revenue of the industry and the daily time spent playing video games, make this industry a shining star. The forecasted revenue for video game console (1 out of 4 segments in videogame industry) will be 55.05 billion US dollars by 2018 (compared to 37.4 billion USD in 2012) (Anon., 2014)and the daily time spent playing video games per capita in the United States will be 28.3 minutes by 2015 (Anon., 2014). These numbers make this industry more attractive than its other entertaining competitors. In the Video-games Market the final product, “the gaming console” is directly associated with brands, as their content and quality generate a brand image. There are three major brands playing in this ground and no one dares to enter into the market because of the giant size of these brands, these titans are Microsoft (Xbox, ranked 198th in brand finance’s global 500 with a brand value of 6.47 billion USD) (Anon., 2014), Sony (PlayStation, ranked