Wednesday, April 20, 2016

WEEK 2 EOC Gaming consoles where are they going

Gaming consoles where are they going



Today market for gaming consoles is way scary then it used to be. Playstation 4 , Xbox One , Will U and Will surveying today market is shocking . “Why is this kind of crazy? Because all we’ve been hearing about the past five years or so was how this console generation was destined to be the last, and game consoles in general were a trend that was bound to be phased out soon enough.”(http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2016/01/31/why-haven-video-game-consoles-died-yet/#3628281d4962) The market has changed so much with , cell phone game or app game , people just want to play and go .“The video game market has been estimated to be a $100 billion high risk, high stakes industry with and a fast changing landscape. It is critical for companies in the gaming market to understand the emerging product segments in the console marketplace, how they relate to each other, and how the market is changing.”(https://www.jonpeddie.com/publications/console-gaming-hardware-market-study/) . In today market Playstation 4 is still a cash cow some how. Xbox and Will U and other are dogs in todays markets. “This statistic shows global sales of current generation game consoles from 2008 to 2015. With the introduction of PlayStation 4, the 2014 market belonged to Sony, with sales reaching 14.59 million units sold that year. In fact, as of recent, PlayStation had been successful in both the physical segment as well as online gaming through their PlayStation Network, as seen by the rising”(http:www.statista.com/statistics/276768/global-unit-sales-of-video-game-consoles/). It is crazy how there still surveying ,but i bevies it. the classic games that are keeping the console a live .like Mario Call of Duty , Zelda . I also believe is the Muti player games on line keeping the consoles alive for many years 

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