2009 – Present Day

Greg Morrison

2009

Modern Warfare 2

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game which was developed for the Xbox360, PS3 and Microsoft Windows Operating System.

• Within 24 hours of its release the game had sold approximately 4.7 million copies worldwide

• Various news reports were broadcast on BBC talking about how MW2 was being sold to children under the age of 18

• This raised the question of whether ratings for games where actually being abided too.

• Many younger children seemed to get a hold of the game regardless of its age rating

• On June 15th 2010, Activision stated that it had sold 20 million copies World Wide

• Best selling game of all time in the UK• Second best selling game of all time in the US

2010

Black Ops

• Release November 9th 2010• Within 24 hours it had sold 7 million copies• 1.4 million in the UK• Total sales over 24 hours were up by 2.5

million when compared to MW2

PS3 Slim

• September 1st 2010 saw the release of the PS3 Slim which was much cheaper then its predecessor.

• It clamed to be 33% lighter and quieter

Kinect (XBOX)

• Kinect offers a “controller free” experience which is different from any other gaming console

• Users interact via body movement, gestures and voice

• The project was aimed at widening its market and competes with the Wii and PlayStation Move

• It was launched on November 10 2010 in Europe

2011

Nintendo 3D

• The Nintendo 3DS is a games console due to be released in Europe on March 25th

• It claims it will give the effect of 3D footage without the need for the special glasses which are so commonly used.