Developement of video games

In three decades, home-computerised gaming has made huge steps towards complete integration into Western homes. In thirty years the “video game console” has become a multi-billion pound international industry, with a place in millions of homes worldwide. It all started in the 1970’s when this new invention was seen as only an experiment within the compounds of technology, yet we can now see that it has made more money than the movie industry, especially in …

…of the XBox and Gamecube, videogaming will take a sharp turn towards the online world. By the end of 2002, it is expected that literally hundreds of thousands of individuals, from dozens of different countries, will be connected in a solidified online community, with the ability to compete and cooperate with complete strangers. Truly, videogames have come a long way since Ralph Baer built an ugly brown box, known as the Magnavox Odyssey, in his basement.