History of Video Games

Video games have been around since the early 1970s. The first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space by Nutting Associates, was introduced in 1971. In 1972, Atari introduced Pong to the arcades. An interesting item to note is that Atari was formed by Nolan Bushnell, the man who developed Computer Space. He left Nutting Associates to found Atari, which then produced Pong, the first truly successful commercial arcade video game.

In 1985, Nintendo introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and everything changed.The NES introduced three very important concepts to the video game system industry: Using a pad controller instead of a joystick Creating authentic reproductions of arcade video games for the home system Using the hardware as a loss leader by aggressively pricing it, then making a profit on the games themselves

Nintendo continued to develop and introduce new game consoles. Other companies, such as Sega and Sony, created their own home video game systems.

There is a good variation of consoles to cater for different target audiences, here are the main ones:Xbox 360/OnePS3/4Wii/UNintendo DSPS Vita

Some popular gaming francises include:GTA (Grand Theft Auto)Call of DutyHaloSuper MarioFifaGears of WarSonicPokemonand many more!

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