Video gaming industry through the decades (1970s - 2020s)

Video games has developed through history as there is better graphics and levels and missions. There was serval consoles that was released e.g. Nintendo, Gameboy, Wii, PS3 etc. Games were very influential e.g. Grand Theft Auto has serval violence and disturbing scenes.


There was loads of advances in the video gaming industry - better graphics, bigger and better missions and characters. The main audiences are targeted and attracted to the video game/console through trends in the decade or marketing campaigns.

In the 1970s/1980s, there wasn't many video consoles in the era and wasn't many games that were available to those consoles for example: Pong was a console but you could only play the game 'Pong' on there.

The PSVita was released in December 2011and it was created to compete against the Nintendo 3DS. The PSVita and Nintendo 3DS were largely compared against as they each had different features. 

• MMORPG - is an online role-playing game that loads of people participate in simultaneously.

• Augmented Reality - Refers to a combination of virtual and real worlds in video games.

• Persistent Worlds - A world in an online role-playing game where events occur when the player is not logged in.

• CRPG - stands for computer role playing game, seen typically in a fantasy         environments.

• Avatar - A video gaming avatar are created by users that are based on a real people in life. 

TIMELINE - (1970s - 2020s)

1972 - Pong

1978 - Space Invaders

1980 - Pacman

1983 - Manic Miner

1983 - Mario Bros

1984 - Elite
1985 - Nintendo

1985 - Super Mario Bros
1989 - Gameboy

1990 - Monkey Island

1991 - Sonic the hedgehog

2000 - PS2
2000 - Sims
2001- GTA
2003 - Xbox One
2004 - Nintendo DS
2005 - Xbox 360
2006 - Wii
2006 - Wii Sports

2007 - Guitar Band

2009 - Angry Birds

2011 - Minecraft

2013 - Flappy Bird
2013 - PS4
2013 - The Last Of Us

2016 - Pokemon GO!
2017 - Nintendo Switch
2020 - PS5