Evolving Media- gaming industry and animal crossing

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 EVOLVING MEDIA 

  • games with animal crossing
  • films with shang chi and snow white
  • media with radio one 
MAKING MEDIA :
  • production- creating the product 
  • distribution- marketing/sending out the product  
  • consumption- taking in the product 
MARKETING 
  • social media 
  • twitch 
  • micro influencers
  • trailers and teasers 
ANIMAL CROSSING TRAILER REACTION 

why would people be interested in playing?

-creativity 
-socialising 
-identity 
-escape and distraction 

VIDEO GAME AND INDUSTRY 

macro ( big industry) 

where it all began..pacman, donkey kong, pong etc in the 70s/80s

gaming industry is bigger than all the other industry's in 2021 the software market was £4.28 billion and has grown by 11.4%

GAMING CONSOLES  

Nintendo and Sony dominate console market. Microsoft are loosing the battle but because they are windows they own the PC space. Hand held devices are still very much universally popular- switch have 153 mil sold. 

NINTENDO SWITCH 

why would people buy it ?

  • its portable 
  • multiplayer 
  • you can still play it normally on a console 
  • hand held
  • exclusive popular games such as zeldar 
XBOX GAME PRICE INCREASES 

old price £15 new price £22 
they have made it less obvious by doing tiers, for example essential 50+ games $9.99, premium 200+ games $14.99, ultimate 400+ games $29.99 ( most likely including call of duty ). Right now the website has crashed due to very angry subscribers refusing and cancelling their subscription. 
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