Video Games

In this article, Dante will talk about popular games and consoles.

Video Games

By Dante Pierce

In America, there are a lot of things that we love. A few examples are food and sports. According to Entertainment Software Association, 65% of all Americans and probably more love video games. Video games are an easy way to have a great time with your buddies or even by yourself. As stated by Exploding Topics, most demographics show that most of the video game players are around the ages of 15-35. There are three main platforms of gaming: Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. According to Newzoo, About 120 million people play Xbox, around the same amount of PlayStation players, and 45 million PC gamers. The best games that are played today in the world are Call Of Duty, and Fortnite.

Across all of these platforms, the most popular game is Call of Duty, with 400 million lifetime players, as charted by Steam charts. This game is a realistic, war-like game that is a first-person shooter and is loved by many people. I personally love this game because there are so many different game modes. Call of duty is the most played game on Xbox at the time. I am an Xbox gamer, as well as an ex-PlayStation player, and I am very confident to say that Xbox is the better console. It is owned by Microsoft and has some of the best hardware and graphics in a gaming console up to date. Davion Mosely , a Grants Pass senior and also an Xbox player, said, "I love my Xbox. I have been an Xbox player since I was 10 and I have had no reason to change my console."

Photo credit to Call Of Duty

Another game that is dearly beloved by the gaming community is Fortnite, a third-person shooter cartoon kind of game that involves building and editing and a lot of skill. Most Fortnite players play on PlayStation. Ivan Gonzales, GPHS freshman, is one of the best Fortnite players I know. He used to play on PlayStation but now plays on Xbox. He said, “Fortnite is not an easy game to play and or be good at. It takes a lot of skill to learn and play as well as I used to.” PlayStation gamers are often more hardcore players who play until they are very good at a game.

Fortnite is also the most played PC game. Since a PC is played on a keyboard and a mouse, many people that play on a PC are very good at their game, and are very serious about gaming. Not only is a complete PC setup expensive, with multiple different pieces, but a good one costs around four thousand dollars, so people have to be very serious gamers to fork up that much money for a gaming system. And with Fortnite being so big and PC players being so good, Fortnite sets up these massive tournaments for players to play in and win insane amounts of money. Most winners end up being keyboard and mouse players because they have such an advantage.

All gaming platforms ultimately come down to which console you prefer. Not everyone will have the same preference. It just depends on what kind of playstyle you prefer. With the gaming world expanding, it will be interesting to see if there are any new consoles that hit the market.

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