1. History of Video Game IndustrySyed Mohammad Arsalan Junaid

2. From the Beginning of Time Until Today 3. Atari ships the Pong stand-alone coin-operated video game in 1972. About 10,000 units are sold, making this the first commercially-successful video game. 4. Arcade invasion of the early 80sUS arcades rake in $5 billion in 1981. Americans spend more than 75,000 hours playing video games. 5. Tetris launches in 1985 and quickly became the iconic casual puzzle game. Best selling casual game across all platforms with over70 million copies sold. 6. Super Mario Bros. launches in 1987. By 1990, Nintendo ships 60 milliongame cartridges in the US and owns 90% marketshare of the $13 billion worldwide video game Industry. Super Mario Bros. will become the top- selling franchise of all time with 200 million units sold. 7. The Sims launches in 1990 and successfully attracts casual gamers and females (estimated 60% female). Sells more than 16 million copies in its first year and becomes the best-selling PC franchise in history with90+ million units sold worldwide. 8. 1995 launch creates subculture of Pokmon fansimmersed the brand and characters in the game, as well as trading cards, toys, books, movies and other media. Becomes 2nd best selling franchise of all time with 164 million units sold. 9. Microsoft Solitaire on Windows XP is the #1 opened application on Windows XP with an install base of over 400 million. 10. Taking advantage of the rise of the internet, online developers begin appearing around 2000.In 2000, the global market for online games isestimated at $15 billion. 11. PopCap launches Bejeweled in 2001; 350 million downloads and $100 million of consumer spending.76% of PopCap gamers are women. 12. 2003: The Beginning of Madden Mania Madden NFL 2004 launches and becomes top-selling game in the US. Franchise goes on to become a top-10 selling franchise with 60 million units sold. Total sales ofvideo game hardware, software and accessories in theUS during 2003 $10 billion. 13. The launch of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in 2004spurs controversy about the games promotion andglorification of violence andcrime.As of March 2005, the game had sold over 12 million copiesfor PlayStation alone. As ofSeptember 2007, GTA: SanAndreas had sold 20 millioncopies worldwide and was the best-selling gamein the US. 14. Crysis: A Great Step Forward For PC GamingLaunched in late 2007 by EA games, over 1 million copies were sold within 3 months. Incredible graphics and cutting-edge technology represent the next level of PC gaming. The Nanosuit abilities enhance the game's open- ended gameplay, The game features some of the best enemy A.I. that we have ever seen. 15. Brain Age launched in 2006. Since launch, Brain Age and sequel Brain Age 2 have sold more than 20 million units,underscoring the broad audience for casual games andspurring a brain training genre phenomenon with brain games launching on all platforms. 16. Snake gets into the hands of consumers on Nokia phones beginning in the late 90s. Despite the games lackluster graphics and simplegame play, Snake becomes a hit with consumers and begins to show the mobile phones potential asa gaming device. 17. Jamdat Bowling launches in 2003 from Jamdat and becomes the first successful title of the nascent mobile games industry. Bejeweled follows suit and went on to sell 50 million units on mobile. 18. Mobile phones and networks quickly evolve to handlegraphically-rich games. Worldwide handset penetration expected to be 4 billion by 2010. Mobile games market is estimated to be $9.6 billion by 2011. 19. Launched at the end of 2007, Wiis popularity was hugely underestimated by core industry. Wii soldmore units in the US than the Xbox 360 andPlayStation 3 combined in the first half of 2007. Wiitargets a much broader demographic than previous consoles and focuses on simple gameplay that is fun. 20. THANKK YOUANY QUESTIONS???????