1. GAMING
INDUSTRY
The gaming industry is an penny-pinching sector that revolves around the
marketing, development and sales of all video games across the world. This
industry in particular employs thousands of jobs across the country and also
worldwide. Interactive entertainment.
Size, Shape and
Structure
$5,2bn of revenues in 2012, total number of gamers is at 33.6million. In the UK
7,000 people are employed in the video game industry.

2. Examples of some companies
within this sector
Treyarch
Treyarch was founded in 1996. this company is originated in America and grew
excessively into a world wide mainstream gaming industry. This gaming organization
was founded by two men known as Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü. Treyarch has won
many awards for their world wide success in titles such as Call Of Duty: World At
War, Call Of Duty: Black Ops 1&2. In 2001 Treyarch was taken over by Activision. Also
like Treyarch, Activision is an American gaming company that produces video games.
Activision was the worlds first independent developer of video games and was founded
in 1979. They also distribute video games on video game consoles worldwide.
Ubisoft:
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a worldwide video game publisher and developer based in
the country of France. There headquarters are located at Montreuil, France. Ubisoft has
also alongside its games has created its very own film division known as Ubisoft film
division which creates shows and films based on the games they develop and create.
The company's largest development studio is Ubisoft Montreal in Canada, which
currently employs roughly 2,100 people.

3. How does the gaming industry earn their
money?
The gaming industry rely on the amount of people that buy and play their games . Firstly the most
important stage for a gaming industry to earn there money is to have as many sales as possible.
Secondly; add-ons like on the ps3, have an online store accessible from the console where you can
by games through the ps3 rather than disk and you can access extra features on your game for
extra cost. For example if you are short on Ultimate Team coins ( A game mode on fifa), then you
can just go to the store and purchase coins for money. There is a lot of competition in the gaming
industry and this consists of the two or three games being in the same genre. E.g.
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Call of duty vs Battlefield
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FIFA vs Pro Evolution Soccer
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Grand theft auto vs Saint rows

4. Synergy
Synergy is when something in the real world is used for another project of some sort.
When two different things from different groups form in one to make something real.
One example is there are many landmarks and building in los Angeles that is used in
Grand Theft Auto’s map called Los Santos.
A synergy in Grand Theft Auto is the music listened to on the radio in cars. The music in
Grand Theft Auto is from real artists such as Rihanna and Asap Rocky.

5. Link to other sectors within the
media industry
 Game industry is linked to advertising as the gaming
industry needs advertising to sell their games. Gaming
needs television to promote their game. Also it links to
interactive media as games get promoted through social
media websites like Twitter and Facebook. It also allows
people to know the release dates of new games.