UNIT 8 ASSIGNMENT 1
Name
,Contents
Social trends in computer gaming .......................................................................................................... 2
Social trends ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Technological trends ............................................................................................................................... 7
Technologies used in computer gaming ............................................................................................... 11
pg. 1
,Social trends in computer gaming
Social trends in gaming are the types of games genres people enjoy most. These trends can change
every several months, each year or even several years, based on released games, technologies or the
influence of internet celebrities.
These trends are important for gaming industry, because of how it shows what are people’s
preferences and based on that, companies can adapt their products to them.
Game Production
In gaming industry there are mainly two ways of how a game can appeal to an audience and find
success:
Firstly, the game can be focused on the genre (like battle royal games) gamers enjoy most. That is
what the mainstream companies focus on mostly, to just satisfy their consumer’s needs. While only
focusing on a popular genre you think could be enough, your game must still include some form of
new features, art style, systems or something that would allow your game to stand out. Standing out
in a popular genre is incredibly important because of how oversaturated it can be from many other
companies copying the same thing. What some companies do to make themselves stand out a bit
more is they tend to release same genre games but make them free and add some form of micro
transactions instead of making people pay for the entire game.
Another way would be introducing something completely new that is never seen before in the
gaming industry. A lot of indie companies tend to choose this path. They focus on creating whatever
the game idea they had in mind rather than focusing on what the statistics show on what type of
genre is most popular. If the game succeeds and people like the idea, story or anything else about
the game they will ask for more. This allows some gaming companies to create entire franchises if
there is a demand from their fans.
Overall game production is not an easy thing to do, that anyone can just pick up on it. If you’re
looking to succeed in game industry, you must constantly research and be up to newest trends. It
can be really frustrating to keep up with the technology and the growing hunger for more content
from your audience. That’s why this type of production is usually done by big companies that have
experienced developers in AAA game field. I personally like the mentality of making your own game
the way you want it to be, instead of focusing on how much money can the game you’re making
pg. 2
, bring you. That way there’s less stress involved, and you enjoy more the process of developing the
game.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer games are the most popular genre of games. The reasons why they are so popular
because they allow you to connect with friends, family or random players from all over the world
and play video games together. This allows extra layers of difficulties also added to multiplayer
games when ranked systems are introduced. In single-player games bot can only be as difficult as
they are designed to be, but when you are playing online against other people the difficulty can
increase by a lot. Which I think is the other factor to why people love multiplayer games because
they want to be challenged and some form of competition. Multiplayer games rarely have any major
story development since it focuses mostly on how one player interacts with another player.
Another reason why multiplayer games are popular, is because of the constantly growing and
getting faster internet, that connects together more people each day and provides them with better
speed each year.
Single player games mostly focus on the story telling rather than making the game challenging. It is
more like a movie that the player can interact within. These types of games are perfect for people
who just want to relax and go on an adventure. Single-player games are more applicable for casual
players since the pace of the game adapts to you and there’s a lot of player friendly features.
Local multiplayer games are getting less popular these days because of the capabilities of the online
multiplayer, there’s not much need for people to gather at one place in order to play videogames
together. Nonetheless even if it is less popular, people still enjoy gathering at one place with friends
or family and playing games together. Not many local multiplayer games are being released each
year due to companies focusing on online multiplayer instead because of how popular it is. These
types of games are mostly released now by indie companies.
In conclusion, old style local multiplayer games aren’t as popular anymore. The games market is
mostly dominated by online multiplayer games and it will stay this way if it keeps growing in
pg. 3
Name
,Contents
Social trends in computer gaming .......................................................................................................... 2
Social trends ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Technological trends ............................................................................................................................... 7
Technologies used in computer gaming ............................................................................................... 11
pg. 1
,Social trends in computer gaming
Social trends in gaming are the types of games genres people enjoy most. These trends can change
every several months, each year or even several years, based on released games, technologies or the
influence of internet celebrities.
These trends are important for gaming industry, because of how it shows what are people’s
preferences and based on that, companies can adapt their products to them.
Game Production
In gaming industry there are mainly two ways of how a game can appeal to an audience and find
success:
Firstly, the game can be focused on the genre (like battle royal games) gamers enjoy most. That is
what the mainstream companies focus on mostly, to just satisfy their consumer’s needs. While only
focusing on a popular genre you think could be enough, your game must still include some form of
new features, art style, systems or something that would allow your game to stand out. Standing out
in a popular genre is incredibly important because of how oversaturated it can be from many other
companies copying the same thing. What some companies do to make themselves stand out a bit
more is they tend to release same genre games but make them free and add some form of micro
transactions instead of making people pay for the entire game.
Another way would be introducing something completely new that is never seen before in the
gaming industry. A lot of indie companies tend to choose this path. They focus on creating whatever
the game idea they had in mind rather than focusing on what the statistics show on what type of
genre is most popular. If the game succeeds and people like the idea, story or anything else about
the game they will ask for more. This allows some gaming companies to create entire franchises if
there is a demand from their fans.
Overall game production is not an easy thing to do, that anyone can just pick up on it. If you’re
looking to succeed in game industry, you must constantly research and be up to newest trends. It
can be really frustrating to keep up with the technology and the growing hunger for more content
from your audience. That’s why this type of production is usually done by big companies that have
experienced developers in AAA game field. I personally like the mentality of making your own game
the way you want it to be, instead of focusing on how much money can the game you’re making
pg. 2
, bring you. That way there’s less stress involved, and you enjoy more the process of developing the
game.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer games are the most popular genre of games. The reasons why they are so popular
because they allow you to connect with friends, family or random players from all over the world
and play video games together. This allows extra layers of difficulties also added to multiplayer
games when ranked systems are introduced. In single-player games bot can only be as difficult as
they are designed to be, but when you are playing online against other people the difficulty can
increase by a lot. Which I think is the other factor to why people love multiplayer games because
they want to be challenged and some form of competition. Multiplayer games rarely have any major
story development since it focuses mostly on how one player interacts with another player.
Another reason why multiplayer games are popular, is because of the constantly growing and
getting faster internet, that connects together more people each day and provides them with better
speed each year.
Single player games mostly focus on the story telling rather than making the game challenging. It is
more like a movie that the player can interact within. These types of games are perfect for people
who just want to relax and go on an adventure. Single-player games are more applicable for casual
players since the pace of the game adapts to you and there’s a lot of player friendly features.
Local multiplayer games are getting less popular these days because of the capabilities of the online
multiplayer, there’s not much need for people to gather at one place in order to play videogames
together. Nonetheless even if it is less popular, people still enjoy gathering at one place with friends
or family and playing games together. Not many local multiplayer games are being released each
year due to companies focusing on online multiplayer instead because of how popular it is. These
types of games are mostly released now by indie companies.
In conclusion, old style local multiplayer games aren’t as popular anymore. The games market is
mostly dominated by online multiplayer games and it will stay this way if it keeps growing in
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