Internet And The Internet Essay

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The internet has had an undeniable effect on the world since its creation. Television, computers, books, anything you can think of the internet has had an effect on, and videogames are no exception. The internet has had an effect on the entire video game industry much like it did for books, and computers. The internet allowed for games to be able to be played with people all over the world allowing for the creation of massively multiplayer online role playing games. The internet has also allowed people to play shooting, sports competition, and racing games against others from across the world. Along with those positive effects that the internet has had on the videogame industry it has also changed the way games can be purchased by allowing people to download games directly to their consoles. In addition to those effects, one of the biggest effects the internet has had on the videogame industry has been giving birth to the independent videogame industry. While the internet has had a largely positive effect on the videogame industry improving it greatly the internet has also had some negative effects on the videogame industry. A major negative change is that the internet has made it very easy to steal games. Another negative effect is that some of the positive effects that the internet had on the industry have been abused causing negative effects on the videogame industry. One of the biggest abuses has been DLC being on-disk DLC. The internet has had both a positive and a negative effect on videogames and as technology continues to improve the internet will continue to do so in the future. The internet has had an amazing positive effect on the videogame industry. However one of the biggest positive effects that the internet has had... ... middle of paper ... ...technology continues to improve the internet is going to be integrated into more and more devices and industry. The release of the newest console generation has further integrated the internet into the videogame industry by making it far easier for users to share with each other taking one of the core concepts of the internet and integrating it into the videogame industry. The increase in videogames being able to be digitally downloaded directly to consoles and computers is another benefit and integration of the internet into the videogame industry making it a viable way to purchase and acquire games. The internet and its capabilities are going to continue to grow and evolve and the videogame industry is going to be affected by them, and while some of those effects may be negative the internet will continue to have a large positive effect on the videogame industry.

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