Emergence of video games worldwide.

A naive form of entertainment, turned into a nearly 200-billion-dollar industry. Yes, I am talking about the giant market that is video gaming. According to some estimates, by 2027, there should be around 2.8 billion users in the video games market. This massive industry entered the global financial scene like none other. 



Console gaming

It wasn’t until the 1980s, when video games finally became mainstream with massive sales of consoles like the Nintendo NES or the SEGA Genesis. Back then, it was all about home gaming. Gamers enjoyed a plethora of games with their families. It was more like a fun family activity. Consoles like Wii revolutionized console gaming.



But things started to change eventually. People were gradually becoming more competitive. They were ready to pay extra for even the slightest edge in competitive gaming. Launched in 2000, the PS2 sold over 150 million copies worldwide. These huge amounts of sales also made the companies very profitable and incentivized them to make the gaming hardware more powerful than ever. Since then, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo switch have been dominating the market to this day.


PC gaming

The rise of PC gaming was a bit chaotic. The development of rudimentary games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes by computer scientists in the 1960s marked the beginning of the history of video games. But soon after many international companies started building dedicated hardware for gaming only. These consoles started taking over the market. Over the years PC gaming was sidelined and became a niche form of half being a nerd and half being a gamer. But things started to change in the 2000s. Established titles like Grand Theft Auto, call of duty and Dark souls became massively popular and people began exploring their competitive side. People slowly but surely started shifting towards gaming on PCs. These titles paved the way for first person shooter games like Counter strike, Rainbow Six siege to become a global phenomenon.



The accessibility of computers and their development over the years made it possible for people to actually afford powerful computers. The internet also helped massively. The ease of customization and user freedom was enough to convince many people to buy personal computers for gaming only. People started experimenting with different genres of games. Games like League of legends and World of warcraft saw massive rise in popularity. Casual games like Minecraft also disrupted the gaming industry with the highest number of copies sold after its release in 2010. After that it was all an uphill climb. Modern titles like Fortnite, Overwatch, Valorant, PUBG kept surprising fans with new, innovative and more competitive forms of gaming. A lot of legacy titles also upheld their expectations and delivered new successful games one after another and still do to this day.


Mobile gaming

The topic of mobile gaming has been argued over so many times. So many don't actually consider mobile gaming as actual gaming. But what anyone can’t deny is that mobile gaming has contributed greatly to the rise of popularity in gaming worldwide.



Everyone owns a smartphone these days and video gaming proves to be a very enjoyable pastime activity. Competitive games like PUBG mobile and Arena of Valor host huge global tournaments each year. Cross Platform games, namely Minecraft, Terraria and Roblox also benefited greatly from having another platform to grow their business on. 


There is a popular meme in the gaming community that you can run Doom in anything that has a chip inside it. So, it is not surprising that gamers over the years have tried many different forms of gaming. Handheld consoles like the Steam Deck, GPDwin and Nintendo switch are still rising in popularity. Cloud gaming platforms are not behind either. Nowadays, the new craze is virtual reality gaming.




Whatever the platform may be, the popularity of video games will only rise further. 

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