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1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAMES Note: This presentation was made for educational purposes, specifically for the Joingame seminar on January 31st, 2013. No part of the contents may be used without notifying and obtaining permission from the author, unless for academic purposes, where accepted academic standards apply. Also note that the autor does not possess the copyright to the images here used for illustrative purposes, and neither do you. ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES Where did it all come from—why are we here? People, art and money The re-evolutionary cycles PLAYING WITH BITS

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF

GAMES

Note: This presentation was made for

educational purposes, specifically for the

Joingame seminar on January 31st, 2013.

No part of the contents may be used

without notifying and obtaining

permission from the author, unless for

academic purposes, where accepted

academic standards apply.

Also note that the autor does not possess

the copyright to the images here used for

illustrative purposes, and neither do you.

ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

• Where did it all come

from—why are we here?

• People, art and money

• The re-evolutionary

cycles

PLAYING WITH BITS

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IT'S HACK TIME

BUSINESS

KLONDIKE

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LUDUS ERECTUS

ARCADE FEVER

CONSOLE CALAMITY

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ONE-MAN BANDS OF THE

80S

ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES

RISE OF THE PHOENIX

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CULTURE SHOCK

FINANCIAL BEHEMOTH

CLASS OF 2012

Top selling video game items (amazon.com):

1. Halo4

2. Just dance 4 (Wii)

3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

(x360)

4. Xbox360 wireless controller

5. Assassin’s Creed III (x360)

6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

(PS3)

7. Xbox Live Points

8. Xbox Live Gold

9. Xbox Live Gold Code

10. Assassin’s Creed III (PS3)

11. Madden NFL 13 (X360)

12. Diablo III

13. Just Dance III (Wii)

14. PS3 Wireless Controller

15. Borderlands 2

16. Mass Effect 3

17. Just Dance 4 (X360)

18. FIFA 13

19. Madden NFL 13 (PS3)

20. Ear Force X12 Gaming Headset

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COMPARISON...

Retail Sales, christmas week (51) of 2012, worldwide

US:

1. Halo 4 (X360)

2. Just Dance 4 (Wii)

3. Call of Duty: Black

Ops II (X360)

4. Call of Duty: Black

Ops II (PS3)

5. Assassin’s Creed III

(X360)

6. Madden NFL 13 (X360)

7. Just Dance: Disney

Party (Wii)

8. Assassin’s Creed III

(PS3)

9. Just Dance 4 (X360

Kinect)

10. Far Cry 3 (X360)

Japan:

1. Animal Crossing: New

Leaf (3DS)

2. New Super Mario Bros. 2

(3DS)

3. New Super Mario Bros. U

4. Nintendo Land (Wii U)

5. Call of Duty: Black Ops

II – Dubbed Version (PS3)

6. Yakuza 5: Person Who

Fulfills Dreams (PS3)

7. Taiko Drum Master Wii

8. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)

9. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)

10. Paper Mario: Sticker

Star (3DS)

Europe:

1. Just Dance 4 (Wii)

2. 2. Far Cry 3 (X360)

3. 3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

(X360)

4. 4. Halo 4 (X360)

5. 5. Far Cry 3 (PS3)

6. 6. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

(PS3)

7. 7. Hitman Absolution (PS3)

8. 8. Assassin’s Creed 3 (X360)

9. 9. FIFA 13 (X360)

10. 10. Hitman Absolution (X360)

PLAYER STATS

• Average player age is 35, and s/he has been playing

for 15 years

• 40% are female. 33% of the player population

consists of women over 18 (while boys below 18

constitutes 18%)

• 190 mill households will own a next-gen gaming

console in 2012. 80% of these will be connected to

the Internet

• 75% of these will be used several times per week

• 33% of the households play games on mobile devices

• during its launch week, Halo3 grossed more than

both Spiderman 3 and the last Harry Potter book...

Statistics (TDG, USA, 2010)

RE-GROWTH

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HANDS

FLY ME TO THE MOON...

STATUS REPORT

• ... from entertainment

just for fun

• to a commercial mini-

industry

• to a commercial boom-

industry

• to a semi-commercial

cottage-industry

• to a financial

colossus

• to a cultural pillar

• to a society within

society

• To a ubiquitous

activity

• ... and still just for

fun

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THANKS

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