What are Video Games?



Definition

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionaries, (A video game is) "an electronic game in which players control images on a video screen." If you want that in more understandable speech its "a game played with images on a video screen." Video games began there long history with a computer only fanbase, but as the years went on the gaming consoles came into the picture and took the world by storm.


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Top 10 Best Selling Video Game Consoles

Platform Firm Released Units Sold
PlayStation 2 Sony
2000
155 million
Nintendo DS Nintendo
2004
154.02 million
Game Boy & Game Boy Color Nintendo
1989, 1998
118.69 million
PlayStation 4 Sony
2013
117.2 million
Nintendo Switch Nintendo
2017
114.33 million
PlayStation Sony
1994
102.49 million
Wii Nintendo
2006
101.63 million
PlayStation 3 Sony
2006
87.4 million
Xbox 360 Microsoft
2005
85.81 million
Game Boy Advance Nintendo
2001
81.51 million

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