The document discusses the history and development of the video game industry. It describes how the first video game was created in 1952 by A.S. Douglas and was a graphical version of tic-tac-toe. It then discusses the first arcade and home console games created in the early 1970s by Nolan Bushnell and Ralph Baer. The document also summarizes the roles of game developers, publishers, and how social networking helps promote games.

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Platforms
Publishers
Distribution
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Social Networking Press & Media
Outsourcing companies
Developers

2. In 1952, A.S. Douglas wrote his PhD degree at the University of Cambridge on
Human-Computer interaction. Douglas created the first graphical computer
game - a version of Tic-Tac-Toe. The game was programmed on a EDSAC
vacuum tube computer. Which had a cathode ray tube display. In 1967 Ralph
Baer wrote the first video game played on a television set, a game called
“chase” Ralph Baer was then part of Sanders Associates, a military electronic
firm. Later on in the early 70’s Nolan Bushnell created the first arcade game.
It was called Computer Space, which was based on Steve Russell's earlier
game of Spacewar. A year later the video game Pong was created by Nolan
Bushnell and he’s co-worker Al Alcorn in 1972.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

3. The first ever fully TV working console was made by the
company Magnavox in 1972. This first generation console was called the
Odyssey the first home video game console which could be connected to a
TV set. The console allowed children to play a wide variety of games like
tennis, volleyball, hockey, and chase. The Odyssey was initially only
moderately successful, and it was not until Atari's arcade
game Pong popularized video games, that the public began to take more
notice of the emerging industry.
Atari’s PONG arcade machine was so popular in 1973 that Atari
decided to market the game as a home console two years later in
1975. In that same year, Magnavox decided to improve its Odyssey
system and released not one, but two different improved versions of
the original console, the Magnavox Odyssey 100 and 200.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

4. The game developers are the creative team that plan and create the game titles for
both consoles, handheld and of course PC. They can very from around 200 people
to a small group of ten of them. A developer may specialize in an exclusive game for
a single console i.e. Microsoft's Xbox 360, or it could be developed for a number of
consoles, handheld devices , and PC’s. They play the most vital role in the gaming
world because they are the developers of the game that control all sections of
groups such as the animators, the level designers, character creators and a lot
more.
First Party Game Developers
A first party game developer is a game creator who creates video games
for one particular game console i.e. the PlayStation 3 and may use the
name of the company within it or has a specific division name that have
been a independent company after being acquired by a certain console
company.
Second Party Game Developers
Second party game developers who are working for a independent
company that has agreed via contract from platform holders to create a
game for a certain platform whatever that may be, either Sony’s PS3 or
Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.

5. Third Party Game Developers
Third Party developers are called upon by video game publishers to create a project (video
game) for one or multiple consoles. The developers and publishers play a big role in the making
of a video games design and its content, however the publisher generally override those of the
developers. The arrangement between the developer and publisher is governed by a contract
which contains a list of milestones that are set to be completed by the developers of the game
itself and to be completed of the date that is on the contract. The publisher will then verify the
work that being done to the game to meet its deadline. If the game is not up to par, the
publisher will correct the developer if its not meeting the publishers expectations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer

6. A Video Game Publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either
developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. They finance
the development group to make them there video game. They agree on a contract
between the publishers and development group that will contain milestones that the
developers will need to complete on time, in order for the video games release. As
with book publishers or publishers of DVD movies, video game publishers are
responsible for their product's manufacturing and marketing, including market research
and all aspects of advertising.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_publisher

7. Social Networking is very helpful for the video game industry because of how much
money it creates for the developers and publishers of the game itself. Gaming Social
networking sites such as IGN that give the viewers daily news and information
regarding the latest games that are released to the public or even games that are still
in development that hype up the games and are convinced to buy the games when
they’re released. The Media is also a great way to publicize video games with
cardboard cutouts of human sized characters of a certain video game. to
advertisements on popular websites such as YouTube, Facebook, and gaming
websites like Gamespot.