Top 10 News for Video Gaming Industry in 2006

The world is fast changing a few centuries ago therejuvenated, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and The
focus was on nations, economies, and science. WithElder Scrolls IV: Oblivion were all reaching out for
the onset of the cyber world gaming shares aXbox360, PS#, and PSP. 6. Q4 reached new heights
platform along with important happenings in the worldwith launches of state-of-art gaming consoles like Wii
today. The year 2006 for avid gamers was full ofand PSP3. Each had its fans and gaming was all a
expectations and excitement. According to statisticsbuzz 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 newwith its massive multi-player role -playing masterpiece
record. Sony PSP and Nintendo DS took portableWorld of Warcraft. 7. NDP industry tracking revealed
gaming to new horizons and many predictions werethat Q4 reached new heights and that PS3 sold
proven wrong in 2006. The year 2006 brought197,000 systems while Wii sold 476,000 systems.
excitement and thrills: 1. Three gaming consoles viedAccording 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 withTechnological advancements in the gaming world
gaming reaching new heights with the latestreached new heights. High level graphics, speed, clarity,
technology. 2. Gaming designers and companies likeand multi-player gaming took gamers to new
Vivendi Games, Activision, Rockstar, and Electronicadventures. The gaming industry went all out to take
Arts brought new games, revitalized games, andgaming into the future with designers and hardware
futuristic technology to gaming. God of War wonmanufactures redefining gaming. 9. Change is inevitable
accolades at DICE where game developers unveiledand the Entertainment Software Association will have
great plans for 2006. 3. The E3 or Electronica new head as Douglas Lowenstein the founding
Entertainment Expo held in the Q2 of 2006 unveiledPresident of ESA decided to move on. 10. The year
press conferences by giants in gaming as well aslaid 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 Evilsoftware and greater games. 2007 will introduce
among many others. Gaming gurus studies andmultiplatform games like Grand Theft Auto IV, Army of
reviewed the event and presented expert opinions onTwo, BioShock, and more. The Gaming Industry is all
gaming delights. 4. Gaming watchers NPD kept a fingerset to reach new heights in the coming year with
on the pulse of gaming and established that gaminggaming gaining popularity world over. The World Wide
was here to stay and figures were up by 29% overWeb, 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 Legogamers young and old. Gaming has expanded its base
Star Wars II: The Original Triology which crossed theand become multi-player with gamers from all over the
one million units sold hurdle. Consoler gaming reachedworld vying their skills against opponents from all over
new delights with announcements that Half-Life 2the gaming universe.