The very first idea of gaming consoles was to get friends and families together for a fun time. The first big evolution of gaming was the introduction of gaming consoles such as the Atari, but the real technological advances came once the Sega Dreamcast was released, the first game console with true internet capabilities, giving birth to an entirely new spectrum of gaming. If you don’t believe us, just ask your mom, dad, or grandparents if they know what Angry Birds or Candy Crush is. Today there is no more distinction between gamers, they can be as young as 5 years old, and as old as 80.
The industry has grown so massively that 42% of Americans are gamers and four out of five US households have a console. We can distribute the gaming market in a few segments console/PC, and mobile.īut it was not always like that, we have come a long way since the 1950s when video games were first introduced for commercial distribution. Today the gaming market represents a $176 billion industry, with the potential to reach $398 billion by 2026.