The Impact of the Console Nintendo WII in our Society

« The firm Nintendo is for all players what Apple or Microsoft is to computers, that is to say, a pioneer in its field: the video games.

It was in 1980 that the firm Japan has launched in the market for video game consoles.

To date, it has more than 400 million consoles sold on all platforms.

The Nintendo WII has not gone unnoticed and managed to cause followers to consumers, now ready to book several weeks in advance able to play.

While the corporations prosper with the console game a lot of harm is being done.

Nintendo games have social and environmental impacts in our society. Since the 70s, when the first marketing of console games appears, these devices have greatly evolved and have had a growing impact in our society.

We can distinguish 7 "generation" console games, from one generation to another with new technologies.

From 1975, date of the console "Pong" to “Atari” until 2007, when output the PS3, a forty game consoles were sold worldwide generated a turnover of over 20 billion dollars.

In 30 years of existence, technology for game consoles has increased but also their respective prices.

Indeed, the price of the first game console was $ 140, and 30 years, that price has increased by just fewer than 7 to reach $ 700 (in this case the 3DO, which has not had expected success). The business Nintendo had "his party of the cake" in this blooming market while launching, in 1985, the NOT (Nintendo Entertainment System) that knew a phenomenal success in the entire world.

Currently, Nintendo is the one of the leaders of the market of the console of games.

To the 1st December 2006, Nintendo sold 387 millions of consoles and 2.2 billion games video in the world.

In the middle of the years 90, the sales run out of steam and Nintendo reacts while launching the Nintendo 64 that was a success, opposing thus, the competition of Sony and his Play station.

From that time, Nintendo will link the planetary successes notably with the. »