Saturday, January 28, 2012

The New Trends in Today’s Gaming Society

Computer gaming is a form of entertainment that targets different individual coming from different ages. This is the source of fun for the youth now a day. The first computer game was invented around the year 1950. Few years later computer gaming was categorized in different generations. All sorts of computer games are handed through the use of the different game consoles. As technologies improved the production of a more developed game console increase. In this case, there are even more individual enjoying the world of computer gaming. What are the top games consoling currently available in the market?

The top among all video games consoles is the Sony Play Station. PS1 or the PSX is the first game console released by the Sony Company and the first game gadget that released around a hundred million units in the global market. The Sony Play Station was invented in the year 1986 in Japan. This gaming device brought out different features that can never be found on other games consoles. It can function more than what is expected. This can play different audio music stored in compact disc. In addition, the Sony Play Station is also capable in storing game data in a memory card. The Play Station’s memory card may vary in its storage capacity. A high memory span card can store plenty of game, audio, and video data.

It is said that the production of this gaming device influenced people to shift from the old cartridge game to a newer form. Most computer games now a day are stored in a compact disc. This method of storing data is more convenient to the users but is considered to be a disadvantage for the manufacturers. It is because storing game data in a compact disc is easily copied to another form of storage from unauthorized individuals. Illegal copies of different computer games are highly evident when storing them in a compact disc. This is the reason why most manufacturers invented the cartridge gaming, because games stored in this kind of storage cannot be easily copied or transferred.

Currently, there are different generations of Sony Play Station available in the market. These are the Sony Play Station 2, Sony Play station 3, and the Play Station Portable. More advanced gaming features are in store for Sony Play Station costumers. It is said that the new generation can play almost all the Play station games stored in different formats like the Compact disc, Digital Versatile Disc, and many more. The New feature of the Sony Play station is the WLAN (wireless local area network). Through this feature, you can easily browse through the internet. With this you can also download different games in many convenient ways.

Next on the line is the X-Box. This is a video game console produced by the Microsoft Company. The X-Box drove its way to the market, competing with different game consoles like the Sony Play Station and the Nintendo. This is the first video game console created by the Microsoft Company. In the year 2002 the company released the X-box live online gaming service. This is a new aspect of the gaming consoles that allow players to enjoy different games through online competition. One can challenge other players around the globe through the use of an internet. In the year 2004 it is said that the X-Box online gaming service subscribers reached a total of twenty million. The gradual increase of subscribers tells that the gaming service was a success for the manufacturer.

Around the year 2006 the Microsoft Company sold a total of twenty four million gaming units.  The second video game console created by Microsoft is the X-Box 360. This device competes with other new generations like the Sony Play Station 3, and the Wii by Nintendo. X-Box 360 has different classes, the X-Box 360 Arcade, Elite, and the 250GB Elite. The X-Box 360 Arcade is the first level of this new generation. This device featured wireless controllers, composite AV cables, HDMI outputs, and a 512MB memory chip (internal memory). On the other hand, the X-Box 360 Elite is one of the most expensive variations of this console. Its package includes a game controller and a headset. This type of console features a higher memory capacity. It has a total of 120GB of internal memory, and covered with a black matte case.

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