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Top 10 News for Video Gaming Industry in 2006

The world is fast changing a few centuriesHyper Fighting and The Elder Scrolls IV:
ago the focus was on nations, economies, andOblivion were all reaching out for Xbox360,
science. With the onset of the cyber worldPS#, and PSP. 6. Q4 reached new heights with
gaming shares a platform along with importantlaunches of state-of-art gaming consoles like
happenings in the world today. The year 2006Wii and PSP3. Each had its fans and gaming
for avid gamers was full of expectations andwas all a buzz with expectations, some joys
excitement. According to statistics the USas well as disappointments. Blizzard drew
totaled more than USD 10.5 billion inconsiderable attention with its massive
hardware, software, and accessories salesmulti-player role -playing masterpiece World
alone setting a new record. Sony PSP andof Warcraft. 7. NDP industry tracking
Nintendo DS took portable gaming to newrevealed that Q4 reached new heights and that
horizons and many predictions were provenPS3 sold 197,000 systems while Wii sold
wrong in 2006. The year 2006 brought476,000 systems. According to the trackers
excitement and thrills: 1. Three gaming400,000 copies of the Legend of Zelda:
consoles vied with each other for supremacyTwilight Princess was retailed. 8.
and the Xbox360; Sony PSP; and Nintendo WiiTechnological advancements in the gaming
set pulses racing with gaming reaching newworld reached new heights. High level
heights with the latest technology. 2. Gaminggraphics, speed, clarity, and multi-player
designers and companies like Vivendi Games,gaming took gamers to new adventures. The
Activision, Rockstar, and Electronic Artsgaming industry went all out to take gaming
brought new games, revitalized games, andinto the future with designers and hardware
futuristic technology to gaming. God of Warmanufactures redefining gaming. 9. Change is
won accolades at DICE where game developersinevitable and the Entertainment Software
unveiled great plans for 2006. 3. The E3 orAssociation will have a new head as Douglas
Electronic Entertainment Expo held in the Q2Lowenstein the founding President of ESA
of 2006 unveiled press conferences by giantsdecided to move on. 10. The year laid the
in gaming as well as launches of new gamesfoundation of futuristic gaming hardware
like Assassin's creed, Haze, Command andwhich set the trend for designers to focus on
Conquer 3, and Wii Resident Evil among manybetter software and greater games. 2007 will
others. Gaming gurus studies and reviewed theintroduce multiplatform games like Grand
event and presented expert opinions on gamingTheft Auto IV, Army of Two, BioShock, and
delights. 4. Gaming watchers NPD kept amore. The Gaming Industry is all set to reach
finger on the pulse of gaming and establishednew heights in the coming year with gaming
that gaming was here to stay and figures weregaining popularity world over. The World Wide
up by 29% over July 2005, 17% in August, andWeb, popularity of the internet, and tech
38% in September. 5. The leaders in Q3 weresavvy gaming consoles has caught and
Madden NFL 07 and Lego Star Wars II: Thesustained the interest of gamers young and
Original Triology which crossed the oneold. Gaming has expanded its base and become
million units sold hurdle. Consoler gamingmulti-player with gamers from all over the
reached new delights with announcements thatworld vying their skills against opponents
Half-Life 2 rejuvenated, Street Fighter II'from all over the gaming universe.



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