Electronic games consoles

Whats is it  I chose games consoles because it has grown massively over time and its used everyday for lots of thing e.g. gaming, surfing the web.

history  Games consoles first came out in the 1960s and the brand Atari made the 7800 and sold more than 1million in the use alone.  Now people are buying al sorts of consoles, this is because all the technology has developed and grown. Graphics has also grown and now most games look like you in real life.

What changes have happened  Many changes have happened over time. Technology has evolves and graphics have improved  Bigger hard drives have been installed  Consoles used to just play games however Now you can go on the internet, listen to music, go on social media.

What would you do if the technology didn’t exist.  If this tech didn’t exist people would  Go out and socialise  Play sport  Do something more active and important  Work.

Timeline  1968 Atari 7800  1977 Atari 2600  1989 Nintendo game boy  1995 PlayStation 1  1996 Nintendo 64

5 example uses Play Game  How it works – by reading the game disk  Impact – people then take the games literally and start being influence

5 example uses Communicating with friends  How it works – you can do this through your friends list on the console  Impact – you are able too socialise and communicate.

5 example uses Accessing multimedia  How it works –  Impact

Social issues with games consoles People don’t actually go and socialise with friends / people and don’t use face to face interaction. It can also cause paedophilia.

Ethical Issues  The ethical issues are that its not right for young children to be playing a game that has a higher pegi rating because young infulenctral children will take thing more literal than older more mutual

Legal issues