I was browsing the BBCwebsite today and came across an article detailing how the UK is turning into a nation of Gamers.
According to a report by analysts at Screen Digest, the UK games market has grown by over 100% over the last 6 years!
In fact consoles and handheld gaming has becoming so popular that:
"more than 25 million consoles or handheld gaming devices were sold between 1995 and 2003. This amounts to one for every household in the UK."
The report also states that over the same period, 280 million games have been sold which averages out to about 11 per household.
Another article last week stated how young males are watching less TV and play more video games than ever before.
Perhaps in the near future it will be console games that will make up the main part of family entertainment at home and takeover the pride of place of telly-watching...
" Over the next five days, London is hosting two major trade shows and conferences for the gaming industry. The public can get a taste of the titles coming up at the GameStars Live show.
The Docklands is playing host to a new trade show, the Electronic Games Network (EGN) and a complementary developers conference, as well as the GameStars event.
At the other end of London, in the west, is the established ECTS trade show and the Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE)."
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