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Trends in Gaming The world of gaming has done nothing but grow and adapt – and seen a vast increase as the world was on lockdown. What are the most popular games, platforms and trends? Our features writer Ethan Oakley finds out… The World Of Video Games The world of video games - a whole other dimension. It doesn’t matter what type of person you are, there’s always a game for you. Billions have played, Billions have won, Billions have lost. But it all comes down to that one feeling, Excitement. and that’s what gaming is all about. The Most Popular Video Games. Video games are played all around the globe in different surrounding countries. Some of the most popular games are played by millions of people everyday. The world’s most popular video game as of December 2020 is League Of Legends (Newzoo, 2021) Which is a MOBA game (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) The game requires the teamwork of 5 individual players who can choose their champion. The name of the game is to destroy the other team’s base. Gamers use different types of champions to work together with unbeatable strategies and secure the WIN! The top 0.01% of gamers are so good that they compete in Esports tournaments against the best players across the world. The games are streamed live for the whole world to see the skill of these players. In the UK the most popular game is the FIFA franchise. FIFA is a football simulation game which first arose to popularity in 1993.There was an extremely large amount of hype for FIFA International which was one of the first FIFA games to be released, and set the scene for the future of Fifa games. Systems Xbox has been a go-to console since its first release which was the original Xbox One in November 2001. When it first released the Xbox One would
set you back £220 and sold out instantly. It was an instant success from Microsoft. Since then Xbox has been topping the game. Releasing new and powerful consoles that can even outmatch a pc! After the original Xbox One came the Xbox 360, Xbox One S and X and then the newest console
You can watch guides to help you buy your own or build your own PC all over YouTube. Gaming Over Lockdown Gaming has become a lot more popular over the lockdown periods. In just one year the sales of video games in the U. S showed a 23% increase from
the Xbox One series X. The Xbox series X features 8 core processors, 16 GB’s of GDDR6 ram. And a 1tb NVMe hard drive. Oh, and Ialso forgot to mention the Custom rDNA 2 – 1.825 GHz Graphics card. All of this and it will only set you back £400. In my opinion that’s an absolute bargain! PlayStation is a viable console to play your games on. The first PlayStation was released on the 3rd of December 1993 and it has been entertaining gamers ever since. Did you know that Sony had a PS1 mascot which is a cat you have never heard of? The PlayStation is another console that outmatched itself in the gaming community and made a name for itself. Their latest console the ps5 features a 8core 16 thread processor at 3.5 GHz. a AMD Radeon rDNA 2-based graphics engine.16gbs of GDDR6 RAM and a Custom 825 GB SSD! One of the best options for gaming on the slightly more expensive side is a gaming computer system. If you really want to be the king or queen of gaming then a PC is the right choice for you. You have the option to either buy yourself a prebuilt PC, which I recommend for beginners, or build your own.The prices in PCs range from £500 to £10,000.
last year’s stats. Now that’s a lot of people. Covid-19 gave gaming an explosion of new gamers and games from all across the world as people really needed something to do! Trends The trends noticed in the last 12 months were that cross platform gaming is becoming a popular mode with game developers. If you were to say you could play with any of your friends on any system, whether that is Switch, Mobile, Xbox, PS or PC five years ago I wouldn’t have believed you but now it’s becoming a reality and uniting gamers everywhere. Experts are also saying that Virtual Reality Gaming is on the rise with a 10% increase of people buying VR headsets with the rise of Covid 19.
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Into the Metaverse - Roblox The Insights People has done extensive research int the ongoing trends in the marketplace. One of the biggest trends we are continue to see in our real-time data is the rise of gaming into education & the opportunities for licensing in the metaverse. Kids don’t see the distinguishing factors between industries when it comes to their spending money, rather it is: “I have X amount, what
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