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When you make a comparison between the newly released Xbox and PS consoles, you can see some interesting parallels to when the previous generations of both were released. Whereas the PS3 was made as an entertainment console, capable of far more than merely gaming, the Xbox 360 was focussed towards appealing to the more hardcore gamers, with an operating system streamlined towards that section of the market. However, when looking at the newly released consoles, we can see that the…
Recently, with the rise of smart phones and tablets, many new games have been made to suit their operating systems, some of them ranking among the most successful games ever made. Most people will know of games on smart phones, such as angry birds. There are a number of implications from the shift in market that we can make. For instance, after Amazon released their android and kindle, you could say that they have taken over a sizeable portion of…
Not everyone is interested in keeping up with the latest games and games consoles, and it may even surprise people to know that the new Nintendo Wii is out and has been out for a year. A Nintendo Wii is (first generation) is extremely cheap right now, and it could make an exceptional gift for Christmas. The reason some may want to buy the Wii now is because of how cheap the console is. You can pick up a bundle,…
In the UK many video games have an ’18 plus’ rating, yet we hear in the media about it being too easy for children to buy video games. Sometimes a parent will buy the game for their child, and there’s nothing legally wrong with this, it’s up to them if they want to give their child a potentially violent video game. But that’s not the only case; when purchasing games online it can be simple for an under 18 to…
Many people consider games, they consider consoles, but without a high quality TV, the console and game graphics will not be as good as you might have hoped. There is actually no need to buy a next gen console if you do not have a TV equipped to play them. So before you consider buying a console, think hard about the TV, because the game play will not be as it should if it is a cheap TV, that’s a…
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