+John Teacake MVC Posted October 23, 2003 MVC Share Posted October 23, 2003 Hello fellow neowinians, Just thought i would ask you all because some of you seem to have a vast knowledge of the gaming industry. we have been given an assignment for communications where we have to stand up and do a talk in a group in frount of another group of people. Our group chose to talk about the gaming industry in the past 10 years. Each person in our group has to cover 2 years each in between 1993 and 2003 (10 years) i have to talk about the years start of 2001 to the end of 2003. Im also the last person talking so i have to conclude the talk. We have decided to talk about "has the gaming industry changed for the better" I was wondering if you could provide me with any links to a timeline of some sort for the gaming industry. Also what are ur thoughts on the following What was the biggest game in this time (2001 - 2003) what was the revenue for the gaming industry (in and out) i.e the cost of making games (programmers wages etc) what was the hardware round at this time (consoles and PC (average spec of a gaming pc)) The types of players at that time (age ranges,sexes etc . . . old young. that kind of thing) Also what were the biggest news items in this time period and any other comments you would like to make about the gaming industry at this time. Thanks in advance for any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted October 23, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2003 moved to the gamer's hangout probably get more on topic responses there ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 23, 2003 Author MVC Share Posted October 23, 2003 ah i wondered where it had gone, i was looking in general discussion but it wasnt there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted October 23, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 23, 2003 The battle of the consoles :D Supposedly how Gamecube was for kids, PS2 was for teenagers etc and Xbox for adults... and the best game is really a matter of opinion, there wont be one correct answer :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 24, 2003 Author MVC Share Posted October 24, 2003 I was thinking more of the best game in terms of sales and number of players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_87 Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Well then the most sucessful one would be GTA3 and Vice City, not sure of the real sales numbers, but as far as I know, no other game has sold that much this generation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyder Veteran Posted October 24, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 24, 2003 I was thinking Half Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 24, 2003 Author MVC Share Posted October 24, 2003 One of the people in my group said GTA, Was half life out between 2001 and 2003 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted October 24, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 24, 2003 I was also thinking GTA3, but what about Halo (for xbox) didnt that sell a lot of copies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted October 24, 2003 Veteran Share Posted October 24, 2003 Without a doubt the highest selling game has to be gta, and once it is out on xbox then it will sell another assload of games. And im not sure about exact figures but i beleive that the gaming industry has either surpassed or caught up to the film iindusty. I know it was on the boards awhile ago but apparantly there are more girls who play games than guys in one of the age ranges.... thats all for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkcrad Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 hmmm gta was pretty amazing. but i heard the highest selling was the sims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiztedCam Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 From April 2002 to December 2003 issues of PSM, they have all listed GTA3/GTA VC as Number 1 and 2. Sometimes GTA3 was second and other newly released games topped it, but only lasted for that month. I'm guessing many kids were buying them as all my friends were talking about it and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 What was the biggest game in this time (2001 - 2003) Well, the most hyped game from 2001-2003 would have to be Grand Theft Auto 3. The Sims expansions a close second. what was the revenue for the gaming industry (in and out) i.e the cost of making games (programmers wages etc) Hundreds of thousands for the programmers in major companies. Millions in making the games... For the smaller companies, maybe $50,000 for the programmers and $200,000 for designing the game. I'm kinda fuzzy on that one... Input of money? Well, depending on its success... a company could make upwards of $20 million for a successful title (this is considering $40 for the game, 500,000 units sold = $20,000,000.) what was the hardware round at this time (consoles and PC (average spec of a gaming pc)) Consoles have anywhere from a 300MHz processor to a 900MHz processor, IIRC. As for a gaming PC, quite a few people in 2001 had AMD Thunderbird 1.5GHz computers. In 2002, alot had AMD Athlon XP 2000/2200+... and in 2003, more have Pentium 4 2.4-2.8GHz or Athlon XP 2400/2600+. Also, the dawn of the 64-bit processor is upon us, Athlon 64, ... so gaming and computing will be totally changed, imho. The types of players at that time (age ranges,sexes etc . . . old young. that kind of thing) Lots of angsty teens, asians, mostly male :). 14-21 average age range... all races, pretty much. And most gamers are either in Asia, Australia, or the USA/Canada. Some from Europe, as well. Also what were the biggest news items in this time period and any other comments you would like to make about the gaming industry at this time. Biggest news items?! Oh... Half Life 2's source leakage is pretty big news. A sequel (and a possible GAME sequel) to FF7.... also, it was a pretty big deal when FFXI was announced... everyone thought it'd fail... nope :) Hope it helps a little, bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 25, 2003 Author MVC Share Posted October 25, 2003 thanks very much thats great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredde87 Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 I think youll have to get in a bit of info about the hl2 leak and how it affected the gaming industry and so on... I would go for gta but you could also say the biggest game series was the sims.. Also I think in 2001 counter-strike was still the most played game... But hl was release in 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted October 27, 2003 Author MVC Share Posted October 27, 2003 thanks for all ur recent responces.I have to make some powerpoint slides for 2morrow about this, I need to cover the following topics, 1)The biggest game - all about it (revenue generated and anything u can think of) 2)The games industry (revenue in and out) 3)Hardware (Most popular console) 4)The types of players. Anyone have any websites that i could get the info from or anyone provide with any additional info i need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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