| The world is fast changing a few centuries ago the | | | | rejuvenated, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and The |
| focus was on nations, economies, and science. With | | | | Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion were all reaching out for |
| the onset of the cyber world gaming shares a | | | | Xbox360, PS#, and PSP. 6. Q4 reached new heights |
| platform along with important happenings in the world | | | | with launches of state-of-art gaming consoles like Wii |
| today. The year 2006 for avid gamers was full of | | | | and PSP3. Each had its fans and gaming was all a |
| expectations and excitement. According to statistics | | | | buzz with expectations, some joys as well as |
| the US totaled more than USD 10.5 billion in hardware, | | | | disappointments. Blizzard drew considerable attention |
| software, and accessories sales alone setting a new | | | | with its massive multi-player role -playing masterpiece |
| record. Sony PSP and Nintendo DS took portable | | | | World of Warcraft. 7. NDP industry tracking revealed |
| gaming to new horizons and many predictions were | | | | that Q4 reached new heights and that PS3 sold |
| proven wrong in 2006. The year 2006 brought | | | | 197,000 systems while Wii sold 476,000 systems. |
| excitement and thrills: 1. Three gaming consoles vied | | | | According to the trackers 400,000 copies of the |
| with each other for supremacy and the Xbox360; | | | | Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was retailed. 8. |
| Sony PSP; and Nintendo Wii set pulses racing with | | | | Technological advancements in the gaming world |
| gaming reaching new heights with the latest | | | | reached new heights. High level graphics, speed, clarity, |
| technology. 2. Gaming designers and companies like | | | | and multi-player gaming took gamers to new |
| Vivendi Games, Activision, Rockstar, and Electronic | | | | adventures. The gaming industry went all out to take |
| Arts brought new games, revitalized games, and | | | | gaming into the future with designers and hardware |
| futuristic technology to gaming. God of War won | | | | manufactures redefining gaming. 9. Change is inevitable |
| accolades at DICE where game developers unveiled | | | | and the Entertainment Software Association will have |
| great plans for 2006. 3. The E3 or Electronic | | | | a new head as Douglas Lowenstein the founding |
| Entertainment Expo held in the Q2 of 2006 unveiled | | | | President of ESA decided to move on. 10. The year |
| press conferences by giants in gaming as well as | | | | laid the foundation of futuristic gaming hardware which |
| launches of new games like Assassin's creed, Haze, | | | | set the trend for designers to focus on better |
| Command and Conquer 3, and Wii Resident Evil | | | | software and greater games. 2007 will introduce |
| among many others. Gaming gurus studies and | | | | multiplatform games like Grand Theft Auto IV, Army of |
| reviewed the event and presented expert opinions on | | | | Two, BioShock, and more. The Gaming Industry is all |
| gaming delights. 4. Gaming watchers NPD kept a finger | | | | set to reach new heights in the coming year with |
| on the pulse of gaming and established that gaming | | | | gaming gaining popularity world over. The World Wide |
| was here to stay and figures were up by 29% over | | | | Web, popularity of the internet, and tech savvy gaming |
| July 2005, 17% in August, and 38% in September. 5. | | | | consoles has caught and sustained the interest of |
| The leaders in Q3 were Madden NFL 07 and Lego | | | | gamers young and old. Gaming has expanded its base |
| Star Wars II: The Original Triology which crossed the | | | | and become multi-player with gamers from all over the |
| one million units sold hurdle. Consoler gaming reached | | | | world vying their skills against opponents from all over |
| new delights with announcements that Half-Life 2 | | | | the gaming universe. |