BIG NUMBERS!
Video games and consoles are big business.A team of designers took three years to make the Wii console.In its first six months in Europe,people bought 6 million of them.Campanies sold the first games in the 1970s and one of the first big video heroes was Mario in the 1980s.Super Mario World was the world’s number one game in the 1990s and 20 million people bought it.
WAR AND PEACE
In the early years,many people thought that video games were boys toys because companies sold most of their games to men.The designers created a lot of violent action games and women didn’t like them.Then in 2000,games creator Will Wright made the SIMS game.In the SIMS game players designed houses and built towns.
TOO MUCH?
Today,video games are popular with all ages and there’s a lot of choice.But games can cause health problems,especially when people play for hours.many children prefer video games to sport and they become overweight.Video games are good for your imagination and memory.And they are also great entertainment.So enjoy playing video games,but remember to do other activities too!
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