Sunday, 9 December 2012

Revision - Gaming Industry Facts and Figures

General facts
 
These facts are from http://www.esrb.org/about/video-game-industry-statistics.jsp
 
  • the average age of a gamer is 34
  • the average number of years adults have been playing games since is 12
  • 67% of US households play video games
  • percentage of gamers - 25% are under 18, 49% are 18-49 and 26% over 50
  • the average gamer spends 8 hours a week playing video games
  • 40% of all gamers are female
  • 64% of parents believe games are a positive part of their children's lives

Assassin's Creed 3 facts
 
  • Assassins Creed 3 is an 18+
  • Developed by Ubisoft
  • Work began in January 2010
  • The PSVita version has the main character as a female.
  • Assassin's Creed 3 is very much a multi-genre game. Fantasy, adventure, strategy, beat em up, sandbox, sci-fi, puzzle, stealth and racing
  • the game engine is anvil next
  • spent £4million on marketing in anticipation of the release of Assassin's Creed 3.
  • On You tube, you can find a wide range of videos showing interviews and new features of the game.
  • Available across 4 consoles, there are 7 different editions of Assassin's Creed 3.
  • The Standard Edition is available on Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita and PC.
  • It has online Multiplayer
  • Ubisoft announced that the game is the most pre-ordered game in the company's history
  • It was the best selling game in the United Kingdom in the week of its release, with 3.5 million units sold

Double Fine Adventure facts
 
  • largest crowd funded game
  • Kickstarter project initiated on February 8, 2012
  • set the goal for the project at $400,000, with $100,000 allocated to the film production and $300,000 for the game
  • within nine hours, the Kickstarter project had exceeded the $400,000 goal and by 24 hours, it had surpassed $1 million
  • raised $3.45 million from more than 87,000 backers through kickstarter
  • various incentives were given to those that pledged $15 or more, including the game itself
  • a digital download available on Android, Linux, iOS, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
  • started in
  • uses Moai as its game engine
  • Tim Schafer is the face of the game and has uploaded lots of videos on You Tube
  • uses 2D computer graphics
  • will have voice acting for the English version, and include text localisation for French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages

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