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Video Game Among Children

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Video Game Among Children

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VIDEO GAME WWE 2K17
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Nowadays, children do not like to play in open areas because they like to spend time inplaying various kind of video games. The popularity of play station and X-box is at its maximumlevel. Their was time when only kids were interested in playing video games but now even adultsspend lot of hours on enjoying various kind of games. WWE 2K17 is one of the most popularsport which is played by children and youngster. The reason behind its huge success is its oldlegacy. The other seven was liked by many people and they continuously recommended it totheir other friends and family members. WWE 2K17 is available on various plat forms likeMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation4, Xbox one, Nintendo Switch. This game also have similar typeof games on mobile applications, it can also be played on computer (Adachi and Willoughby,2011). But some people argue that one cannot get same amount of fun when they play local andunauthenticated version of this game. WWE is known for its stunts and nail biting thriller. It T.Vshows are already getting lot of popularity and many of the players in WWE are gettingopportunities Hollywood movies. Some experts think that WWE 2K17 got success because of its great graphics. Thetechnology used in it was new and many children commented that when they were playing thisgame, they never realised that it player were not real. But a large segment of critics said thatWWE 2K27 failed to meet their expectation. They were expecting significant amount of changesin this version but its maker did not surprise them. According to them, this video game earnedsuccess because of its previous instalments. Player liked old version of this game and this wasthe prime reason that they purchased its I latest version when it got entered in the market. Thesecritics are not wrong. Metacritic.com is a website who give ratings to the video games. WWE2K17 got 69 score out of 100. It was 4 point less then its previous instalment. Light, sound, arena are various factors besides player model who got appreciation formthe side of gamers. This game can be played in single or multiplayer mode. Children liked thisversion because of the great efforts made in the aspect of art direction (Greitemeyer and Mügge,2014). One thing can be easily analysed that some people enjoy this game other feel the pressureof winning. Parents are concerned about the help of their child because kids are takinginsignificant kind of pressure for something which do not have much importance in their life. Byanalysing increasing popularity of game one can say that in the war between ''pressure'' and''enjoyment'', the later one will take the trophy. A large segment of people often argue thatchildren of below 12 age should not be allowed to play this game. It contain high amount of1
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violence and it can make a negative impact on the metal condition of a child. The number ofviolent incidents has schools in last 5 years. Management of schools blame parents for thisbecause they allow their children to play violent video game like WWE 2K17. Small kids havenot learnt the correct technique way to taking a smack or punching (Roddy, 2014). They use it atthe time of fighting with others. But some optimistic people argue that WWE 2K17 told childrenthe correct approaches of self defence. This game also reduce the anger of kids which they expelon any other person.Globalisation also helped this game in gaining huge success in short period of time.Earlier countries like India were not have significant contribution in the revenue but they arebecoming important market. Purchasing power of Asian countries are continuously enhancingand maker of WWE 2K17 understand that if they promote this game in Asian region then theycan earn more profit in less time. Availability of various version of WWE 2K segment gameshas increase enormously in last five years and it is one of the main cause behind success ofWWE 2K17. Some people argue that this game is directly linked with the T.V show, it they theirTRP will enhance then it will make a positive impact on the sale of this game. One cannot ignorethis argument, if the contestants of WWE T.V show will fail to earn popularity then children aswell as adults will not like to choose them as a player at the time of playing WWE 2K17. In this game, various kind of fights can take place. First can opt for cage fight or tag teammatch. They can also take various kind of smacks and hit different kind of punches and kicks.Gamer can also make their own player and set moves of the contestants according to theirchoice. Old segments of this game could only be played in computers, but when platforms likePlayStation and X-box came, then these games saw lot of improvement in them of graphics,sound etc. (Education and Magazines, 2012). One thing can be analysed from success and failureof various instalment of this game i.e. people can buy PlayStation for enjoying quality graphicsbut if the game does not have great features then it cannot get desired level of popularity in themarketplace. 2K17 version focuses on small details like fluidity in the moves, scars on theplayers etc. People were missing the key ingredient of the game like backstage brawl. Thisfeatures wan reintroduced in this version and it helped in attraction old player who were nothappy with old version (WWE 2K17 ROSTER RATINGS. 2017).Most of the game critics gave around 4 star to this video game which is a fine score. Onecannot say that this instalment was bad because of the crucial changes made in this version but at2
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