Impulse triggers (Buttons that will vibrate on command)
8th generation
Major consoles / their creators:
Wii U / Nintendo
PlayStation 4 / Sony
Xbox One / Microsoft
* In order of list
Game Genres
Video game genres are classified independent of their setting or game-world content, unlike other works of fiction such as films or books.
For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space.
Action
The action genre includes any game where the majority of challenges are physical tests of skill.
These games require high reaction speed and good hand–eye coordination.
Action
Beat 'em up and hack and slash: emphasis on one-on-many (computer enemy's) close quarters combat
Traditional Fighting game: emphasis on one-on-one close quarters combat
Platform game: emphasis on traveling by climbing or jumping around environment
Shooter: combat involving weapons, such as guns and missiles.
Adventure
Adventure games are not defined by the story or content but instead by a manner of gameplay with less reflex challenges or action such as puzzle games.
Text adventures: enter commands via keyboard to interact with game
Modern examples of this replace the text with graphics and usually involve a mouse for clicking instead of typing. Ex: Point-and-click, Visual Novel, or interactive movie.
Action - Adventure
A blend of the two genres. This blend occurs often enough to have been dubbed with its own classification.
These games require many of the same physical skills as action games, but also offer a storyline, numerous characters, an inventory system, dialogue, and other features of adventure games
Action - Adventure
Stealth games: emphasize on subterfuge and precision strikes rather than the mayhem of shooters
Survival Horror: focus's on fear and attempt to scare the player via traditional horror fiction elements such as atmospherics, death, the undead, blood and gore.
Role-playing
Role-playing video games (RPGs) use much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics as early pen-and-paper role-playing games.
A key feature of the genre is that characters grow in power and abilities, and characters are typically designed by the player
Role-playing video games also typically attempt to offer more complex and dynamic character interaction
Sandbox RPGs: give players high about of freedom and usually allow for exploring a open world (large world with very little boundries)
MMORPGs: Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs
Simulation
A simulation video game describes a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate aspects of a real or fictional reality.
Simulation
Sports: simulates the playing of traditional sports
Life simulation: simulates management of a day to day life
Construction and management simulation: players build, expand or manage fictional communities
Vehicle: simulates the usage of vehicles
Medical: simulates medical procedures
Strategy
Focus on gameplay requiring careful and skillful thinking and planning in order to achieve victory
Sports are games that play competitively one team, containing or controlled by you, and another team that opposes you. This opposing team(s) can be controlled by other real life people or artificial intelligence.
Racing: One competes against time or opponent using some means of transportation
Sports game: emulate the playing of traditional physical sports.
Other info
It is estimated the net worth of the video game market is $86.9 Billion
PlayStation 2 is the best selling system of all time with more than 155 million units sold
Tetris is the best selling game ever selling more than 143 million copies
