Pc gaming
Transcript: Thus game development made a huge leap. With the introduction of full 3d 32bit games. Games such as Diablo which made it into gaming history as one of the best rpg games. Future Technology History of company Evolution of console Future of Sony Playstation 1 Pc gaming A big change came about with the introduction of windows operation system which was created by Bill Gates and was released in 1995. Thus giving it the name windows 95. The major change that it was moving from a 16 bit architecture to 32. The system was run on Windows 2000, this made it easier for Microsoft's software developers, to easily work within the architecture of the console. With console giants Sony leading the industry with the Playstation 2 which was currently on the market at time, having the Xbox running a PC operating system, gave them a competitive edge over Sony Future of Sony Sony was founded May 7th 1946 They were nintendos partner but then went on to be there biggest rival. Sony made there biggest breakthrough in 1994 by releasing Playstation . As the internet was making its way to nearly every home so did online gaming. The internet changed the way the games were played and created new concepts. Despite the drop in price and sales, Xbox was not done yet. The much anticipated online gaming experience, Xbox Live, was released in November 2002, the multiplayer experience allowed users to fight against other players from around the world. This was a new and very large step in the console industry, with over 150,000 subscribers within the first week of its release, it was without a doubt, a success, not to mention the new subscribers in the years to follow. The current generation in gaming consoles, The Xbox One has amazing Graphics and capabilities, it was originally sold to include the Kinect, but can now be purchased without the Kinect for €399 PS3 (2006 - 70 million units sold) CPU - 'Cell' with 6-core equivalent architecture (3.2ghz) GPU - 'Reality Synthesizer' (500mhz) System RAM - 256mb XDR (3.2ghz) Video RAM - 256mb GDDR3 (700mhz) Resolution - 720x480 (SD), 1280x720 (HD), 1920x1080 (Full HD - certain titles only) Media - 25gb BD, 50gb dual-layer BD History of Pc Thank you for your time From the early 2000 games made a huge step upwards, with the introduction of new hardware and software. Games got bigger and much more graphical. Instead of 32 we got 64 architecture. The introduction of direct X 11 made games more real than ever. With the introduction of new game engines such as frostbite 3 (ea) made destruction in games possible. With the release of windows 95 in 1995 and then windows xp in 2001 video game production made a huge leap from the previous 10 years. As the pc was getting more and more powerful with each year so were the games. With the direct X 9 and open GL games were getting more smoother and loosing there "boxiness". Classics such as need for speed underground 1 and 2 came and grand theft auto vice city came out. The fact that pc were getting cheaper with each year more and more developers started appearing on the market thus giving a bigger variety of games to the consumer. A big step for Microsoft, came about in 2010 with the release of the Kinect for Xbox, which allows users to to control their Xbox using Voice and Motion commands. As well as the release of the Kinect, Microsoft also released a slim version of the Xbox 360, with more memory, more USB ports, better specs and lets not forget, the built-in Wi-Fi. It became known as the "Xbox 360 S". Xbox Live Playstation portable Thanks for Listening Sony PS1 (1994 - 102 million units sold) CPU - 32-bit MIPS (33mhz) GPU - 32-bit R800A (33mhz) System RAM - 2mb Video RAM - 1mb Resolution - 640x480 (SD) Media - CD-ROM (Compact Disc, read-only-memory) Kinect & some Liposuction PS2 (2000 - 155 million units sold) CPU - 64-bit 'Emotion Engine' (299mhz) GPU - 'Graphics Synthesizer' (147mhz) System RAM - 32mb Video RAM - 4mb Resolution - 720x480 (SD), 1280x720 (HD - certain games only) Media - 4.7gb DVD, 9gb dual-layer DVD Xbox was finally released in the U.S on November 14, 2001. With over 1 million consoles sold after the first 3 weeks of release, the console was somewhat of a success, with Halo as its flagship game, this was key contributor to the consoles success. However, after being released in Japan in February 2002, and in Europe in March 2002,the console failed to gain popularity, eventually causing Microsoft to cut the price from $299 to $199 in April of the same year. Terminology Sony isn't falling behind its main competitors and also started work on a virtual reality headset "Project Morpheus" It is somewhat similar to oculus rift will be more focused towards the console market. It is currently in testing and should be released to the wider public in the next 2-3 years. Red Ring of Death PSV (2011 - 4 million units sold) CPU - ARM quad-core (1ghz clock, 2ghz max) GPU - Quad-core 5XT (250mhz clock, 500mhz max) System RAM - 512mb Video RAM - 128mb