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S Group - Unit 14 (Hardware development in gaming (SoundBlaster - 1998 -…
S Group - Unit 14
Hardware development in gaming
SoundBlaster - 1998 - Improved sound in games
2008 - Core i7 - 4 core 8 thread processor: Better gaming on PC
Multi-tab Playstation 2- Year ???? - Added 4 extra players onto a game -
1999 - NVidia 256 graphics card - First consumer chip - Used in development of 3D gaming
1979 - MicroVision First handheld games console
1989 - Atari Lynx - First colour handheld gaming console - Ambidextrous
1982 - CVC GameLine - download software on Atari 2600
1993 Motion controllers - Sega Genesis - Megadrive
Types of gamers
Pro gamers
e-Sports
Mobile gamer
Console gamer
PC Master race
Noob
Casual
Try hard
Consider: PEGI Age ratings
Development in gaming
First computer game
OXO - 1952 - A S Douglas - Built on calculator
SpaceWar - 1962 - MIT - PDP-1 computer
First two player game
Tennis for 2 - 1958
First console
Brown box - 1967
Magnavox - 1972 - First commercially available console
First multiplayer game
Astro Race 1973 -
First online game consoles
Arcades
1971 - First arcade - Computer Space
TicTacToe - Berty the brain -
Trend in Multiplayer
Since 2000s
Improved internet access since 2000
Consoles with inbuilt modems
Increase in online gamers
More multiplayer games downloaded
Single player games get better reviews
New single player games include multiplayer options
RDR2 - example
Garys mod
Game production
Publishers
Developers
Roles
Types of developers
AAA
100 + employees
Budgets: 10 million +
GTA
Assassins Creed
COD
Developers
Blizzard
RockStar
Capcom
EA
AA
Developers
Tod Howard
Skyrim
Smaller budgets
£500,000 to £9,9999
Size of teams
25 to 100
Indie
Super hot
Undertale
Team sizes: 1 to 50
Funding
Kickstarter
Patrean
Micro transactions
Bootstrapping