Xbox 360

What are the effects in children from video gaming?
With the technology improving everyday video games are becoming more realistic. Being able to have social relations with online gaming makes the younger generation vulnerable to have a playing addiction. "Eighty three percent of kids, eight to eighteen, have at least one video game player in their home, thirty one percent have 3 or more video game players, and fourty nine percent have video game systems in their bedrooms" (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005). "Ninety seven percent of all teens play video games regularly" (Lenhart, 2008). Seeing how common video gaming has become, this becomes a common activity for alot of the younger generation. Playing games that involve solving problems or logic type of video games actually benefit users. Letting them get their hands on information technology they get an early start at seeing how it works. With the technology evolving games that can effect human behavior are being made. Games that involve gore, and violent scenes may become common to kids who are interested in those kind of games. Becoming so common that it effects their thoughts making them aggressive.

How do violent video games effect a person?
Violent video games tend to increase a person's agressive thoughts. Psychologists and professors perfomed various studies which showed that video games may be more harmful then violent movies because videos games are interactive. The aggression enhancing effects throughout time makes a person vulnerable to the aggressive behavior. Not only to the aggressive behavior, but also to the playing addiction.
"In the short run, playing a violent video game appears to affect aggression by priming aggressive thoughts. Longer-term effects are likely to be longer lasting as well, as the player learns and practices new aggression-related scripts that can become more and more accessible for use when real-life conflict situations arise",
Said Dr. Anderson.

What are the features of an xbox 360?
It is really amazing how much development has been made in the xbox itself. Being made by Microsoft which is a major company, it has created partnership with other companies such as facebook, netflix, myspace etc...Users have the ability to access movies, tv shows, documentaries, myspace profiles, or other social interactive programs. To access the following you will need to be subscribed with an Xbox Live membership. You can either have a silver or gold membership. Silver would restrict and prevent you from using certain applications, where with a gold subscription you can do all of the following stated previously. It can be as cheap as seven dollars a month or sixty for 13 months. Deals users can not resist.

What console competes with the xbox 360?
The xbox360 has 1 competitor. That competitor is the Playstation 3, manufactured by Sony. Even though both consoles, perform same duties, such as playing video games, and accessing other media, they both have their advantages. Playstation 3, has a blue-ray DVD player, which plays movies at their best quality. This attracts many customers, who are looking forward to purchasing a blue-ray DVD player for a cheaper price. From their price ranging from $200 to $600, you can obtain the playstation 3 with a blue ray included for only $299.99. The playstation 3 can also access online websites. This providing users to do online surfing on their home theater instead of a desktop or labtop. Both having basically the same graphics and gameplay, they compete by having different abilities which attract different users.

What positive affects can come from using an xbox 360?
Xbox 360 has many effects on a person. It has been said by researchers that playing a xbox 360, especially action packed games improve your vision. By playing for long periods of time, the player will start to notice figures he or she didn't notice before. This is because after you play for a long period of time on a daily basis, you vision sharpens by 20 percent. Spotting sudden movements will become easier after accessing action games. Because the game involves action and alot of interaction, the person gets a greater satisfaction. Games like tetris, or puzzle logic games can improve your thinking skills, and the speed you can come up with ways to solve problems. Even though it doesn't affect your vision, it affects you in a different way.

What to expect from Xbox 360 for the future?
Microsoft is planning on using technology to improve player experiences. They are currently on working on a upcoming update to be able to access live TV. This will affect alot of cable companies if successful. Similar to blockbuster, after Netflix's success, blockbuster's operations decreased. They are also working on decreasing the amount of wires. Although the controller's are already wireless, they are planning on erasing the idea of a controller as well. With the technology always improving, they have figured out a way, where the player himself is the controller. This idea of No Strings of "Project Natal" You will be able to browse through menus by a wave of your hand. Not only browsing menus, but also playing video games. This making video games a physical activity now. Another update that is being worked on is the improvement of communication. Already being able to instant message, or access other users profiles, you will now be able to webchat. On the webchat, you will be provided with an avatar, which you create your own. Having the avatar, you and your friends can perform certain things to express your feelings. Making you avatar burp, or dance to show that your full, or you want to show that you are excited will be easier than typing it out now. You will also be able to purchase clothes, accessories, and other downloads for you avatar through playing and experiencing the xbox 360 experience.

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