Advantages
Handheld:
Portable: you can carry them around anywhere
Mobile
Portable: you can carry them around anywhere.
multiple uses: can be used to play games as well as surfing the net and much more.
Stand alone
exclusive games (left for dead, dead rising and God of war): these games are only available on the consoles their exclusive to.
console games are plug in and play : you don't have to install anything like you do a computer.
very powerful devices: tend to have powerful processors and graphics cards and so on.
Pc
Customizability: The PC version of skyrim allows for the player to customize certain aspects of what appears when the game is being played, this can range from textures to draw distances to shaders.
Controllers: You can play many PC games with any of the three console controllers. The PC version of skyrim plays like it's console counterparts because it supports both controllers, the Xbox 360 controller is usually plug and play and the PS3 controller requires some work.
Video
Maintain excitement: this is a good platform because it keeps you from getting bored when waiting an example is when your waiting for a video to load on YouTube you could press u a n a little snake game would start.
Internet
Good fun: internet games are played by millions of people daily.
Arcade
Unique games: On arcade systems you get very unique games that bring different sorts of excitements.
TV
Extra feature: as well as being able to watch TV you can equally now game on your TV.
Disadvantages
Handheld
Poor battery life: handhelds are notorious for having short battery lifespans, and the average lifespan for a handheld's battery is getting shorter and shorter every generation
Less powerful: Handhelds are usually a generation or two behind their home console counterparts because of the limitations of portable technology and the limitations of batteries. That gap might be getting smaller with the PS Vita, but more power usually hurts battery life
Mobile:
Not as powerful: mobile gaming is now bigger and better with games such as Fifa, Nba, call of duty, need for speed and many more coming out on these devices and even more impressively the graphics are close to console graphics but these games are always massive in memory so they always tend to crash on the devices and more importantly the drain battery quickly.
Stand alone
controllers: Most console games only utilize the controller that comes with the console. You cannot play a PS3 game with a Wii controller and the same applies to being able to play and Xbox game with a Wii or PS3 controller. If you want to play an FPS game on a console with a mouse and keyboard you have to make sure the game supports it, which most console games do not.
Potential: Consoles typically don't play a game to it's full potential if there is a PC version of that game, a weak PC doesn't either.
Pc
Cost of full entertainment: playing a lot of games on the highest specs can be extremely expensive. Buying a PC that can handle games running on the highest settings can easily cost well into thousands of pounds.
Upgrades: Chances are when you buy a fancy gaming computer it is almost instantly considered obsolete, within a month a better computer is bound to come out.
Video
Quality: the quality of games will always be simple and poor on these types of platforms.
Internet
require certain downloads: at times e.g. adobe flash player or something similar to play the best games.
Arcade
Money: arcade systems always require money for you to play them and you only get a certain amount of goes.
TV
quality: gaming quality on a TV will always be poor due to the manufactures putting more effort and focus into the more important aspects
These are advantages and disadvantages of gaming platforms. All have special features and unique reasons why people will purchase them.
History of these platforms
Handheld: are very big devices to the gaming world because they cure boredom when consoles aren't working or you're on you travels.
Past: The world's first handheld console was released in 1979 by Milton Bradley. Microvision was designed by Jay Smith, designer of the Vectrex system. Despite the system's initial success, it was gone from the market by 1981, due to the small selection of games and plethora of technical problems.
Present: Handheld devices are at the peak of their powers at the moment with devices such as Nintendo ds introducing models such as the Ds, DSi, DSi Xl and the 3ds. all of these models have been successful when they were introduced, my personal favourite being the 3ds because it show you how far handhelds have come all the way from simple 2d graphics to actual 3d viewing without glasses as well. The most successful game on the Nintendo ds is super Mario bros with an estimated 30.1 million sales. also on the ds you can surf the net, take picture and videos and so much more. the PlayStation portable is equally another great handheld device the reason for this is that gaming graphic quality has increased model by model, they actual come close to console graphics which is why so many people love the portable. the portable comes in different models such as PS 100, PS 2000, PS 3000, PS go and the latest and best the PlayStation Vita. The most sold game on the portable is monster hunter with 4.6 million sales worldwide.
Future: The future of handheld gaming is yet to be seen but one of the new features is remote play, with the new Ps4 just coming out, there's a new feature called remote play. remote play is when you play your ps4 on you PS vita from anywhere as long as your connected to internet. this is an amazing feature because it means you don't always have to be at home to play your console you can access it from any where.
Mobile: Gaming on mobile is becoming big as well with more people actually preferring to buy a powerful mobile phone rather than buying a simple mobile and a handheld console due to the new amazing technology coming out.
Past: The first game on a mobile phone was a Tetris game on the Hagenuk MT-2000 device from 1994. this game wouldn't have been to big back then due not that many people having mobile phones and if you had one gaming wasn't why you had one.
Present: In the present day mobile gaming is gently approaching the peak of its power but I don't feel its quite there yet. Companies such as android, IOS and windows are trying to introduce more and more console games onto their products such as Fifa, call of duty, need for speed, Nba, and much more to expand their audience. The problems with these games is that no matter how amazing the graphics are and actual gameplay is it will always drain a substantial amount of battery within short amount of time, big amounts of memory are usually taken up and the devices they run on are mostly not powerful enough to run it fully so at some point the game will crash. But he most successful games on mobile aren't the console games they're actually simple games such as angry birds. candy crush temple run and more, these games are the most popular because they have an addictive factor to them. I can tell thatt mobile gaming is huge because the games I mentioned above either have series or at least over 100 million downloads worldwide.
Future: The future of gaming on mobile holds a lot I think. with devices being built with better graphics system, more powerful processors, longer battery life and more I feel that mobile gaming in the future will be better than it currently is and it wont be simple games such as candy crush and angry birds dominating the market instead it could be games which dominate the console genre which will be more better on these devices.
Stand alone: is equally nearing the peak of its powers as well. Stand alone consoles are what make the gaming world what it is today. with online servers on both major stand alone consoles(ps3 and x box 360) increasing by thousands week after week it shows you the strength of stand alone consoles.
Past: The Magnavox Odyssey was the first video game console, released in 1972. It sold over 300,000 units, was discontinued in 1975, it had no central processing unit and it had 2 paddles.
Present: stand alone consoles at the present are probably the heart to the gaming world. a big reason for this is the games currently available on them, games such as Fifa 14, Nba 2k14, Halo, call of duty, battlefield and much more have mind blowing graphics, realistic storylines, realistic sounds and thousands more of amazing features. The two main standalone consoles (x box 360 and ps3) have actually being out sold by the Nintendo Wii which is a shock to a lot of people. the ps3 and x box 360 have just over 80 million sales whilst the Nintendo Wii has a mind boggling 100 million sales worldwide. The reason the wii has sold more is that its target audience is wider than both the ps3 and 360 and also the wii is much cheaper than the Wii. But on the ps3 and 360 you can use it as a multipurpose device , so as well as gaming you can surf the net, watch movies, listen to songs and much more.
Future: the future of stand alone console have just being released, the X box one and the PlayStation 4 have just being released. these devices are what is supposed to take gaming to another different level. but it is still to be seen yet as the games that have been released on both consoles are on their predecessor. also I can tell that these are going to be bigger due to the sales of both consoles which both reached over 2 million sales within about three weeks of release worldwide.
PC
Past: The PDP-1 was also the original hardware for playing history's first game on a minicomputer, Steve Russell's Spacewar.
Future
The future of PC gaming will only get bigger and better I think. due to many manufactures constantly producing more powerful hardware components specifically for gaming it will only entice more people into pc gaming.
Arcade
Past: computer space was the first ever coin operated platform to be made. The gameplay consisted of manoeuvring a rocket ship to avoid enemy fire from flying saucers (while firing off missiles to destroy them), using a thruster and rotational buttons. arcade systems were in their prime in the past due to how amazing the games were and also other platform gaming hadn't reached any great level so arcade systems were what everyone played at the time.
present: arcade systems are not has big as they used to be due to more advanced gaming systems are out, arcade systems only play one game whereas consoles have over a hundred games that can be played on them and more importantly people want to play the games at home at their own comfort not have to go somewhere to pay for goes on a certain game.
Future: Arcade systems don't really have a future as far as I'm concerned due 8th generation consoles such as the x box one, ps4 and the Nintendo Wii U. These consoles will only get better and better that arcade machines wont be anywhere close to the same level as them. also the arcade systems tend to be failing because the amount the owners have to spend on repairs and damage is too much, arcade systems are gradually being reduced all around the country( they can only be found in certain places)
Internet
Past: First ever internet game I believe was spectre, a game for the apple Macintosh that used apple talk as a network to play with others. it supported up to 8 players per match.
Present: Internet games are huge today due to how much better they have evolved, websites like miniclip is visited by thousands of players daily due to the amount of games on there, also the fact that their free on entices more people to visit and play.
Future: the future of internet gaming might get bigger or smaller. Due to more technology being developed better quality games might be released onto the internet to play for free. also internet gaming could also go down due to other competitors such as 8th gen consoles, mobile and computer gaming being bigger and better gaming wise the audience could reduce.
Television
Gaming on televisions have never been massive and probably wont be any better, you get the occasional simple game where you have to play with your remote. most games on television always tend to be quiz related games one because their easy to make and 2 it makes use of the directional keypad on remote controllers. an example of one of these games is who wants to be a millionaire on sky, a simple game where all you have to do is just pick simple answers using the directional keypad of your remote controller. the most high profile television gaming system is the Sony bravia that came with a built in PlayStation 2 system, the TV could play ps2 and 1 games as well as dvd's and could access online features such as you tube and bbc player.
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