Definition

Gaming consoles have proved themselves to be the best in digital entertainment. Gaming consoles were designed for the sole purpose of playing electronic games and nothing else. A gaming console is a highly specialised piece of hardware that has rapidly evolved since its inception incorporating all the latest advancements in processor technology, memory, graphics, and sound among others to give the gamer the ultimate gaming experience.

WHY GAMING IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY

Research conducted in 2002 show that 60% of US residents aged six and above play computer games. Over 221 million computer and video games were sold in the U.S. Earlier research found that 35% of U.S. residents surveyed said that video games were the most entertaining media activity while television came in a distant second at 18%. The U.S. gaming industry reported sales of over $ 6.5 billion in the fiscal year 2002-03. Datamonitor estimates that online gaming revenues will reach $ 2.9 billion by 2005. Additional research has found that 90% of U.S. households with children has rented or owned a computer or video game and that U.S. children spend an average of 20 minutes a day playing video games. Research conducted by Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that 66% of American teenagers play or download games online. While 57% of girls play online, 75% of boys reported to having played internet games. This has great impact on influencing online game content and multiplayer capability on websites.

The global computer and video game industry, generating revenue of over 20 billion U.S. dollars a year, forms a major part of the entertainment industry. The sales of major games are counted in millions (and these are for software units that often cost 30 to 50 UK pounds each), meaning that total revenues often match or exceed cinema movie revenues. Game playing is widespread; surveys collated by organisations such as the Interactive Digital Software Association indicate that up to 60 per cent of people in developed countries routinely play computer or video games, with an average player age in the mid to late twenties, and only a narrow majority being male. Add on those who play the occasional game of Solitaire or Minesweeper on the PC at work, and one observes a phenomenon more common than buying a newspaper, owning a pet, or going on holiday abroad.

Why are games so popular? The answer to this question is to be found in real life. Essentially, most people spend much of their time playing games of some kind or another like making it through traffic lights before they turn red, attempting to catch the train or bus before it leaves, completing the crossword, or answering the questions correctly on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire before the contestants. Office politics forms a continuous, real-life strategy game which many people play, whether they want to or not, with player-definable goals such as 'increase salary to next level', 'become the boss', 'score points off a rival colleague and beat them to that promotion' or 'get a better job elsewhere'. Gaming philosophers who frequent some of the many game-related online forums periodically compare aspects of gaming to real life-with the key difference being that when "Game Over" is reached in real life, there is no restart option.

Presented by,
Santun Panigrahi

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INTRODUCTION..
 What’s the actually “Gaming consoles” mean??
 A consol game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment.
 Gaming consoles are one of the best digital entertainment media now available. Gaming consoles is designed for the sole purpose of playing electronic games and nothing else.
 A console is a command line interface where the personal computer game's settings and variables can be edited while the game is running. But a Gaming Console is an interactive entertainment computer or electronic device that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game.
 A gaming console is a highly specialized piece that has rapidly evolved since its inception incorporating all the latest advancements in processor technology, memory, graphics, and sound among others to give the gamer the ultimate gaming experience. Video games are most often found on video gaming consoles that plug into your television.
 The game consist of manipulable images generated by a video game console, and display on TV or similar as audio video system.
HISTORY..
 The first gaming console is Magnavox Odyssey invented by Magnavox in 1972.The odyssey was moderately successful but due to some drawbacks it was not so successful.
 In second generation the Atari 2600 is invented which is dominate over Odyssey and Odyssey200.
 In third generation Atari 7800 and segamaster console came into market which earn more profit .
 So on the different type of Gaming consoles are invented. Like wise there improvement in the consoles make the popularity of the gaming console.
 In 6th generation like Sony playstation 2 ,Microsoft Xbox, game cube is introduced which is more advanced developed gaming consoles.
 Xbox 360, playstation3 in invented in 7th generation which is are popularly use now-a-day.
 Now in 2011 the Nintendo 3DS will be reposed in Japan in feb.26.
XBOX 360
 The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft
 Some major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download , game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities.
 Xbox Kinect is also available now
playstation-3
 PS3 is produced by Sony Computer Enterteinment on Nov. 16 2006
 Its major feature that distinguishes the PlayStation 3 from its predecessors is its unified online gaming service, the PlayStation Networks, robust multimedia capabilities,
connectivity with the PlayStation Portable and its use of the Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage
ORGANIZATION..
 The main part of the gaming console are.:
 Controller
 Screen
 The game itself is usually controlled and manipulated using a handheld device connected to the console called a controller.
 The different consoles each use different controllers. Controllers are input devices used to interact with the game.
 The controller generally contained number of buttons and directional controls each or which assigned a purpose for interacting with and controlling the images on the screen .
 A game controller is a device used with games or entertainment system used to control a playable character or object, or otherwise provide input in a computer game. A controller is typically connected to a game console or computer by means of a wire, cord , by means of wireless connection.
 Controllers which have been classified as games controllers are game pads, joysticks, etc.
Function of screen
 Games require a screen of some sort. In the case of normal consoles, a television is the most common form of screen used. The screen is used as a source of visual output.
 As the player pushes buttons and moves analogs on the controller, the screen responds to the actions and changes take place on the screen, simulating actual movement.
 it provides a facility that more then one player means multiplayer play on one same screen by sectionizing the screen with the help of different controllers.
 Here there is a picture of Dual screen gaming console . Means one is for display and other is for controlling the game that is nothing but a controller.