Thursday, January 6, 2011

Why Kids Like Motion Gaming

By Mike Allen


There was one item that was on many of our children's Christmas wish list. The kids want to have some type of gaming system in their home. The talk o many kids centers around the latest and greatest game that has been released. Many homes today do actually have some type of console.

Staying ahead and creating the newest fad is something that companies are striving to do. The goal is to be the first one to fill the store shelves with a hit product. Companies today are developing systems that allow a person to control the actions with their own body. There are three main systems for a person to choose from; the Nintendo Wii, the xbox 360 kinect, and the Playstation Move, and any child who is able to get their parents to buy one of these will find that they can provide hours of entertainment while also helping their child get a little more physical activity than they were getting in the past. But what is it that keeps kids entertained for so long?

When video games hit the market over four decades ago, they were very basic. One of the original gaming systems was called Pong and it did not do very much. Images of the game were more like stick figures. Over the years the video game systems have improved dramatically. A person can choose from a wide variety of titles that can be played on many systems. There is a title that will fit just about any interest. Playing the games in today's world is very realistic. It is no longer a stick figure shooting at something that is supposed to resemble an alien. A child is able to become a superstar player and take a team to a championship among other things.

One of the things that is not attracting people is the price of these systems but as evidenced by the rush of people who paid attention to the xbox 360 kinect release date, that does not seem to be too much of a problem and kids are able to find the money to buy the games despite their hefty price tag.

The game systems that are being sold today are more interactive than ever before. The players become immersed in the action because they have to do the moving. Technology is making this movement more and more realistic. Rather than being a person controlling a shooter in a game, they have become the shooter. Kids can become completely immersed in the game.

Many adults struggle to make sure that their children are physically active. By incorporating exercise into a video game a parent is going to see their kids being more physically active. Although it does not replace the need for real physical activity, every little bit helps.

There is a downside to this new type of gaming. Technology keeps improving the systems. Companies are trying to figure out what the next fad will be. It is hard to know exactly when that will happen. In less than a decade, there has been tremendous improvement in the use of movement controlled games. There is no ceiling to how good they can get.

Every child wants to have the best gaming system that there is. It is almost as important to have something before everyone else, but technology keeps coming out with something better. We will see systems being sold at garage sales that seem to have been introduced just yesterday. Part of the excitement is having what their friends want. This can help a kid fit in more sometimes. That might not always be the best thing, but it does happen. Research will always be able to stay ahead of the person trying to buy the best video games. The only thing that will save the parents is when their children have a job and their own children to buy for.




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