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The History of the Video Game Industry

Video Game Industry is one of the most upcoming industries nowadays. Speaking precisely it is the economic sector involved with the development, marketing and sale of video game. Formally known as interactive entertainment industry, it provides entertainment to a large number of people and also provides a variety of job opportunities in various disciplines. Now it is supposed to the largest industry that has greater sales even more than the sales of Hollywood.

History

William Higinbotham can be regarded as the father of video games. He created the first recorded video game only. The game Tennis For Two was on an experimental basis and was never commercially released. This laid down the platform, which gradually formed into a hobby culture. With the growth of availability of personal computers the industry has grown manifolds. The industry also advanced with the advancement in the computing technology. The Video Game Industry has a momentum of its own and profit from this industry still drives the technology which is further used by other industries. The Video Game Industry is very volatile and as there are a lot of third party game developers cropping up and getting out of business very quickly, the industry has grown matured still remaining volatile.

Video games like any other industry also has certain practice that characterizes other entertainment industries also. However lately there has been a lot of hue and cry that the video game industry is underestimating the developing talents and is poorly treating them. This has led to the development of independent developers because of which the video game industry has not gained any definite shape. However the practices followed within the industry are: -

1. Breakaways One of the major practices that are being followed in the video game industry is the custom of breakaways. As the video game industry doesn't pay any attention to the budding game developers and treat them very badly so there are a large number of breakaways in this industry. One of the brightest examples in this regard is the independent video game developer Activision.
2. Economic problems There are a lot of economic problems in this industry as there are a lot of publisher and developer problems. The problem is regarding the royalties. Actually a particular amount of the royalty should go to the developer and the rest should go to the publisher. But the trend is that the publishers but the development studio itself so there is no option of dividing the royalty itself.

Apart from these practices there are some other practices such as the problem regarding the creative control of the video games. However the industry has managed to survive and flourish along with these.


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How do I get involved in the video game industry?
I know it's a very competitive industry now. But I've always wanted to work for a gaming company and get involved since I have a passion for video games. What are some suggestions, ( i.e. college courses, getting a job...)

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To people in the video game industry: What do you at for a potential employee?
First off, I want to work in making video games, I love them to pieces. I've gotten the occasional bad grades for them, I've had lack of sleep from the, and have gotten a damaged nerve in my right thumb because of them. I'm just curious from any people within the video game industry as to what they look for in a potential employee. Such as: Education- What schools look well on an employee It sounds kinda rasicts I know, but is there any specific shool that someone has to be from to look well...Or is it all just skill? How you apply what you learned to what you're doing? Which I think it's true...I mean, there are some people out there who graduate with "great" majors, but then they don't do nothing. Either not looking for work, or not trying hard enough to find it. In other words, not using the knowledge they gained. I'm sorry, that's just my opinion, moving on. Skills- What should someone know when going into the game industry. For example, I want to be a Video Game Designer. They do (from what my High School Advantage teacher at Broadview says, and he's been in the industry 15 yrs) pretty much a bit of everything. Programming, art, animation, etc. What I was getting at is, what if you're really good at art, but kinda lack skills in programming? Do you not hire them or overlook it and assign them to something. Because, large companies usually have 5 designers working on different things. Also, and this is obvious, what do you look for in a person. Well, please and thank you's.

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