Feedback #2

Josh - this is nowhere near enough depth in order to be prepared for the exam. You need to summarise your findings and use quotations and stats from the articles that you read.

Areas of study

1. What do audiences gain from purchasing new updated consoles?
2. Why do companies relaunch? What does Sony have to gain from marketing PS3? How are the companies maximising on possible revenue streams?
3. What is the attraction to online gaming?
4. What are the moral panics surrounding gaming particularly the improved virual reality of the new consoles
5. What is the future of gaming?

Console wars up and running

With the fairly recent launch of the Nintendo Wii and the PS3, it finally looks as though the console wars are underway. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are ready and are now looking to get as many sales as possible. Even at this early stage, mistakes have been made which are crucial if each company is to succeed in this war. For example, Sony manufactured far too few consoles resulting in not all preorders being fulfilled and those that are, many of the customers are only going to sell their console on for a healthy profit. The Nintendo Wii however, has easily enough consoles available to the public and it seems as though every one of their loyal fans will be able to get themselves a Wii with relative ease.

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3903&Itemid=2

Games Consoles in brief

Microsoft Xbox 360
Released in December 2005 this console can play Xbox games, DVD's and CD's. The key feature of the console is its online playabilty. One can connect to the internet to play against players all over the world. Priced at £279 this Microsoft console has sold nearly 11 million units to date.

Nintendo Wii
Released a year after the Xbox 360 the Wii has sold nearly half the units that the Xbox 360 has. Its key selling feature is the motion-reactive controller allowing the player to correspond on-screen movements with their own giving a unique sense of reality. It is priced at £180

Sony Playstation 3
It has been out in Japan an USA for a number of months priced at £425. Was released last month in Europe and slow sales figures worldwide are expected to be matched in Europe. Its unique selling point is the ability to play Blue-ray discs. Other features include a limited motion sensor along with DVD and CD compatability.

The future of blogging

www.robinsloan.com/epic
There are a number of issues raised by this video.

• There is the moral issue of what could happen if the news was personalised for our individual needs and the news we received was selected by a computer. How everyone would have a personal news package where we only receive news if it suits our interest set in our unique packages.
• The responsibility of copyright issue is raised in the video

Journalism

"We're all reporters in the digital democracy"
- Emily Bell

• The recording of images and videos have become very common, allowing news companies a lot more choices in ways to publish stories.
• The audience plays an active role in the media
• National papers are becoming more like village locals in the sense that they are influenced by the opinions and actions of the public.
• Some see it as the exploitation of free material.

Conclusion

Journalists are no longer the only source of news to the media. The oublic now play a large part in the content of the news and often help give a clearer insight and more detail to the published stories. The public are also given a much greater say in the news.