INTRODUCTION
A Gaming console is an interactive
entertainment video game. (Console refer to Video games and its Hardware console.)
Gaming consoles have proved themselves to
be the best in digital entertainment.
Nintendo Wii, Sony PS5, Microsoft Xbox one are
Currently three major Gaming console models in present.
TODAY
Microsoft joined console competition with Xbox.
• Today it is a major competitors.
Currently 3 major console models:
• Nintendo Wii
• Sony PS5
• Microsoft Xbox one
FUTURE ASPECT IN GAMING
CONSOLE TECHNOLOGY
• Gaming industry is undergoing radical change due to
advancements in technologies.
• Direction of change is in both , Hardware and Software.
• Virtual Reality(VR) , Static mouse, wireless technology and touch
screen is at fore front.
GLOBAL INDUSTRY
US sales of Consoles by 2015
Hardware $ 11.7 billion
Games $ 14.9 billion
Worldwide sales of hardware & software:
In 2016 $31 billion
Projected for 2015 - $43 billion
48%
20%
20%
12%
Major Markets
USA Europe
Japan Rest of the World
MARKET SHARE
• Sony leads industry with 48% market share.
• Nintendo & Microsoft are its major competitors.
• Other vendors: Sega, Atari, Konami, Viacom,
Namco , THQ etc.
48%
29%
21%
2% Sony
Microsoft
Nintendo
Others
CONCLUSIONS
Games are at the leading edge of entertainment, rapidly becoming the ultimate
form of media due to all the possible expanding resources.
Companies spend - and earn - a lot of money on/from their video game
advertising.
Game developers will be at the forefront.
More undiscovered uses still to come.