Ali Mahdi
September 27,
New Media 10
Mr. Barazzuol
TimeLine communication that led to modern-day video games
Communication has many forms, but the one you will see on this timeline is the timeline of communication that led to modern-day video games. The way that communication has to do with video games is that most modern video games like first-person shooter modes use the internet to play with other gamers online in multiplayer matches. Continuity is the focal point of this timeline because everything was just another version and newer than the last which is part of the evolution in modern-day video game technology and communication. Example’s in this timeline include Wolfenstein was the first, first-person shooter but was not online and multiplayer but led to the pathway to darkness which was not FPS (first-person shooter), but was online and had LAN (Local Area Network), the party. That led to Quake which was a mix of both worlds being online and FPS. The SEGA Dreamcast became the first console that had online capabilities and was influenced by those games and took that risk. After the Dreamcast, it was all uphill for online gaming and multiplayer. The Dreamcast led to an entire branch of online gaming and consoles. Many companies saw how successful the Dreamcast was and many consoles came after that like the Wii from Nintendo, the PlayStation 3 from Sony, which was the first of the PlayStation series that had online capabilities and was the first console to have sold 100 million units, and the Xbox 360 which was also the first in its series to use the internet. after consoles, mobile gaming was influenced and gaming, in general, was part of the mainstream of business. So, mobile became a huge part of the industry because of its portability and how you game on the go while also have the ability to call the other uses of a phone. Because things like a PS vita are portable except only for gaming, but mobile games can be used on normal phones. Mobile gaming was called by some the new cigarette because of its ease of usability even adults were playing them, like angry birds or candy crush. At this point console gaming was something normal. New ones were always being made like Wii U, which was the continuation of the Wii, or the PlayStation 4, which was more new and improved than the PlayStation 3 in many ways. All these companies were always coming up with something new almost every day rather than every few years like before and were always changing. Online gaming even until now it is only getting better and is uphill, a small example is that now the trigger for the PS5 that comes out this November will have resistance with different objects when using the triggers. Online multiplayer communication has become something that will always affect the future of gaming and it all came from Wolfenstein 3D, but gaming, in general, came from pong.
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