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The Future of Video Gaming

The Future of Video Gaming. Rich Jeffery President of TermiSoc. ‘The Seventh Generation’. Microsoft Xbox360. Nintendo Wii. Sony PlayStation3. DS, PSP, GP2X, XGP. Look at the past!. 4 th Generation (16-bit era) Battle between Sega (Mega Drive) and Nintendo (SNES)

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The Future of Video Gaming

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  1. The Future ofVideo Gaming Rich Jeffery President of TermiSoc

  2. ‘The Seventh Generation’ Microsoft Xbox360 Nintendo Wii Sony PlayStation3 DS, PSP, GP2X, XGP

  3. Look at the past! • 4th Generation (16-bit era) • Battle between Sega (Mega Drive) and Nintendo (SNES) • In 1992-93, Sega release the MegaCD

  4. Sega Mega-CD (Japanese Model 1)

  5. Nintendo retaliates! • Nintendo contemplates CD drive for SNES • Nintendo team up with Sony, then Philips • Nintendo abandon project

  6. Philips CD-i 210 The horribly boxy UK version

  7. Sony Playstation (1st Generation)

  8. The Casualties of War Sega Saturn 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

  9. The Casulties of War Atari Jaguar (CD) Neo-Geo CDZ

  10. Nintendo64 (Damn fine respray!)

  11. The Sixth Generation – 128-bit • Sega release Dreamcast – 1998 • First console of the current generation • Killed off after 2 years, 10.6m consoles • Failed due to: • PS2 expectation • Huge losses from Sega Saturn • Fractures in company structure Sega closed down console division

  12. Sega Dreamcast (UK Version)

  13. Nintendo GameCube • Released 2002 • Small footprint partly due to small media • Sold 21.2m consoles • Seen too much as a kiddie console (despite having Resident Evil 4 first)

  14. PlayStation 2 • lowest powered console • Gamecube is nealy 50% more powerful. • High 3rd-party support means a stupid number of games • Backwards compatibility & DVD support helped it's popularity. • Over 100 million consoles worldwide • David Lynch – The Third Place

  15. Finally, the Xbox • released in March 2002 in the EU • 4 months after US release. • Despite being • last into the fray • being a Microsoft product • getting a lukewarm reception, especially in JP has sold 24 million consoles. The Banned Xbox advert

  16. The Next Generation • Xbox360 • Power-PC Based (Triple Core custom) • 4 times as powerful as a high-spec Apple G5 • ATI-based graphics chipset, running HD • Launched December 2005 to critical acclaim • Killer app: PGR3, Halo 3, Gears of War • ‘Banned’ Xbox360 advert

  17. Xbox360 (Voted ‘Year’s Sexiest Hardware’ in recent poll)

  18. Nintendo Wii • *NOT* a powered-up Gamecube – 3 times more powerful • Power-PC based, ATI GPU • Motion sensing ability is it’s ‘killer app’ • Two-handed control – ‘Wiimote’ and Nunchuck • HD Compatible (lower res than X360 & PS3) • Virtual Console – classic gaming • Launching December 8th in UK • Red Steel Trailer

  19. Wii (Humourous jokes aside)

  20. PlayStation 3 • Original date: November 2005, changed to June 2006, changed to November 2006, UK gets it March 2007 • 8-processor system, named • Killer apps: ‘Blu-Ray’ & HD1080p and, um… • Missing dual-shock – motion sensitive • Only used on one game so far – Tony Hawks • Quite a bit of support, but £425 price-point a sting. • US PlayStation commercialUK PlayStation commercial

  21. PlayStation 3 (Voted world’s most expensive wait)

  22. Console war • …as represented by G4/TechTV

  23. The end • Any questions?

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