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NEXT GENERATION GAMING

NEXT GENERATION GAMING. ED&G 100 Section 11 Peter Paul Bumbarger. WHERE WE WERE. First Video Game Console - Ralph Baer (the Father of Video Games) - Sold idea (The Brown Box 1966) to Magnavox -Released the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972 Predecessors - Atari 2600 1977 - Atari 5400 1982

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NEXT GENERATION GAMING

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  1. NEXT GENERATION GAMING ED&G 100 Section 11 Peter Paul Bumbarger

  2. WHERE WE WERE • First Video Game Console - Ralph Baer (the Father of Video Games) - Sold idea (The Brown Box 1966) to Magnavox -Released the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972 • Predecessors - Atari 2600 1977 - Atari 5400 1982 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) 1983

  3. WHERE WE ARE • Sixth Generation Gaming Consoles -Sega Dreamcast 1998 -Sony PlayStation 2 2000 -Microsoft XBOX 2001 -Nintendo GameCube 2001

  4. WHERE WE ARE GOING • NEXT GENERATION OF GAMING -XBOX 360 November 2005 $399.99, $299.99 for core system -PlayStation 3 November 2006 (Originally Spring 2006) Price to be determined Release date delayed due to finalization of Blu-ray disc copy protection technology -Nintendo Revolution ??? 2006 Price to be determined

  5. MARKETING/ TRENDS • XBOX 360 (only console currently on the market) • High Demand, Low Supply • Microsoft sold 1.5 million consoles - 900,000 in North America - Slowly increasing supply to match demand • Sony’s Delay for the PS3 - Could go either way….. • Nintendo - Can Nintendo revive a dying name? • Top notch hardware - HD Graphics - High Power performance • Market Dominance - Software - Hardware

  6. XBOX 360 VS PlayStation 3

  7. TRADE-OFFS AND THE FUTURE XBOX 360 • Here now with solid games (Call of Duty 2) • Maybe cheaper than the PS3

  8. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Baer • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xbox_360 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Revolution • All pictures from Wikipedia

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