The Video Sport Explosion: A Historical past from PONG to PlayStation and Past traces the expansion of a world phenomenon that has turn out to be an integral a part of well-liked tradition in the present day. All elements of video video games and gaming tradition are lined inside this participating reference, together with the main online game innovators, the technological advances that made the video games of the late Nineteen Seventies and people of in the present day potential, the companies that received and misplaced billions of {dollars} pursing this profitable market, arcade tradition, in addition to the demise of free-standing video consoles and the rise of home-based and hand-held gaming gadgets.
In the USA alone, the online game trade raked in an astonishing $12.5 billion final yr, and reveals no indicators of slowing. As soon as dismissed as a fleeting fad of the younger and frivolous, this booming trade has not solely confirmed its endurance, however guarantees to proceed driving the way forward for new media and rising applied sciences. As we speak video video games have turn out to be a limitless and multifaceted medium by which Fortune 50 firms and Hollywood visionaries alike are reaching broader international audiences and influencing cultural developments at a charge unmatched by some other media.
Writer : Greenwood (November 30, 2007)
Language : English
Hardcover : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 031333868X
ISBN-13 : 978-0313338687
Merchandise Weight : 2.13 kilos
Dimensions : 7 x 0.88 x 10 inches
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