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A BRIEF HISTORY OF
GAMES
Note: This presentation was made for
educational purposes, specifically for the
Joingame seminar on January 31st, 2013.
No part of the contents may be used
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illustrative purposes, and neither do you.
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
• Where did it all come
from—why are we here?
• People, art and money
• The re-evolutionary
cycles
PLAYING WITH BITS
2
IT'S HACK TIME
BUSINESS
KLONDIKE
3
LUDUS ERECTUS
ARCADE FEVER
CONSOLE CALAMITY
4
ONE-MAN BANDS OF THE
80S
ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES
RISE OF THE PHOENIX
5
CULTURE SHOCK
FINANCIAL BEHEMOTH
CLASS OF 2012
Top selling video game items (amazon.com):
1. Halo4
2. Just dance 4 (Wii)
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(x360)
4. Xbox360 wireless controller
5. Assassin’s Creed III (x360)
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(PS3)
7. Xbox Live Points
8. Xbox Live Gold
9. Xbox Live Gold Code
10. Assassin’s Creed III (PS3)
11. Madden NFL 13 (X360)
12. Diablo III
13. Just Dance III (Wii)
14. PS3 Wireless Controller
15. Borderlands 2
16. Mass Effect 3
17. Just Dance 4 (X360)
18. FIFA 13
19. Madden NFL 13 (PS3)
20. Ear Force X12 Gaming Headset
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COMPARISON...
Retail Sales, christmas week (51) of 2012, worldwide
US:
1. Halo 4 (X360)
2. Just Dance 4 (Wii)
3. Call of Duty: Black
Ops II (X360)
4. Call of Duty: Black
Ops II (PS3)
5. Assassin’s Creed III
(X360)
6. Madden NFL 13 (X360)
7. Just Dance: Disney
Party (Wii)
8. Assassin’s Creed III
(PS3)
9. Just Dance 4 (X360
Kinect)
10. Far Cry 3 (X360)
Japan:
1. Animal Crossing: New
Leaf (3DS)
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2
(3DS)
3. New Super Mario Bros. U
4. Nintendo Land (Wii U)
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops
II – Dubbed Version (PS3)
6. Yakuza 5: Person Who
Fulfills Dreams (PS3)
7. Taiko Drum Master Wii
8. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
9. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
10. Paper Mario: Sticker
Star (3DS)
Europe:
1. Just Dance 4 (Wii)
2. 2. Far Cry 3 (X360)
3. 3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(X360)
4. 4. Halo 4 (X360)
5. 5. Far Cry 3 (PS3)
6. 6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(PS3)
7. 7. Hitman Absolution (PS3)
8. 8. Assassin’s Creed 3 (X360)
9. 9. FIFA 13 (X360)
10. 10. Hitman Absolution (X360)
PLAYER STATS
• Average player age is 35, and s/he has been playing
for 15 years
• 40% are female. 33% of the player population
consists of women over 18 (while boys below 18
constitutes 18%)
• 190 mill households will own a next-gen gaming
console in 2012. 80% of these will be connected to
the Internet
• 75% of these will be used several times per week
• 33% of the households play games on mobile devices
• during its launch week, Halo3 grossed more than
both Spiderman 3 and the last Harry Potter book...
Statistics (TDG, USA, 2010)
RE-GROWTH
7
HANDS
FLY ME TO THE MOON...
STATUS REPORT
• ... from entertainment
just for fun
• to a commercial mini-
industry
• to a commercial boom-
industry
• to a semi-commercial
cottage-industry
• to a financial
colossus
• to a cultural pillar
• to a society within
society
• To a ubiquitous
activity
• ... and still just for
fun