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My history with Video games.

Over the years I have used many consoles and pc’s to play games on. Below is a list

Playstation 1

Gameboy advanced SP

Playstation 2

A windows XP PC

DSI

Wii

XBox360

A Windows Vista PC

3DS

A Windows 7 PC

Playstation 4

Playstation 3

A windows gaming 10 PC

A PlayStation VR

A Nintendo Switch

Bartle’s Taxonomy

I agree with my readout from the website. In most games I play as the explorer type with my main goal being to reach new places through gameplay. I also have a desire to achieve in some games with one of my goals being to collect items around the world. I also agree with the socializing aspect of my readout, as in games with a social aspect they are not my priority. However I do play some games just for the social aspect such as Garrys mod where I join servers where people roleplay and work together towards a common goal like surviving in zombie survival.   

Case Study: Naughty Dog Studios:

[A]Structure:
Organisation:
Naughty dog has a very vertical structure with the company being owned a lot of higher companies
In game development however each departments directly interacting with each other to improve the game, with each person able to help in the other sections. Management is very much three tier section with the bottom being the workers and then above this is the creative and senior developers for each department and then the main directors and assistant directors above this. However each person is able to comment and help improve the game.
There are many different departments for ranging from UI design to quality assurance.
However the company itself is vertical with Sony interactive Entertainment having acquired them in 2001 with them in turn being a subsidiary of the Sony Corporation. However they are in the SIE Worldwide Studio division of SIE.
Naughty Dog was founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin and the current President is Evan Wells.

[B] Platform technology:
Naughty dog are owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment therefore create games for the PlayStation systems. They are known for using motion capture in their modern games to implement acting and realism into the games they produce. They use their own in house engine and use industry standard software such as Maya and Zbrush to create their games.

[C] Game types:
They currently make games in the Action Thriller genre with games such as The last of Us and Uncharted being in these categories .
They used to make platformers such as Jak and Daxter and the famous Crash Bandicoot.

[D] Games on MultiPlatforms
Their games appear mostly on the PlayStation consoles with a few of there newer games appearing on the mobile market on IOS and Android such as Uncharted Fortune Hunter. However this game whilst licensed by them is not created by them.

[E]Regulatory Bodies:
Naughty Dog in the UK and most of Europe is regulated by PEGI, they give age labels based on the content in the game. The main content descriptors are as follows:


Each descriptor explains what is in the game. Recent releases with ratings and descriptors:
Uncharted 4 has realistic Violence in it but is rated at PEGI 16.
The last of Us however is a 18 with violence and Bad language used.
Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy however it is age rated 7 with the previous games being rated 3 and this being 7 because of violence.
History:

Naughty Dog studios was founded in 1984 as JAM Software Inc by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. They changed their name in 1989 to the name we know today. They have been creating games ever since they were founded starting with games for the Apple II Computer and moving to create a game for DOS and The Sega Mega drive. They then went onto creating games for the PlayStation (1) then after been acquired by Sony Interactive have created games for the latest and greatest consoles and handhelds.

[F]Developmental Technology
Naughty Dog use industry standard tech for their video games with Maya and their own engine for these games with tech built into it to monitor the game and they are able to check every frame and what is taking the most processing power to create and as a result they edit the assets based on this. They use maya and Zbrush to create assets for the game along with a motion capture software.

Examples:



Other Information:

Location:
They are located in Santa Monica, California, US

Business:
The studio is owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and has been since 2001 before then it was a independent studio.

Properties:
They have four main properties:
Crash Bandicoot (1996–99)
Jak and Daxter (2001–09)
Uncharted (2007–2017)
The Last of Us (2013–present)

All of their IP's are successful with the Last of us Part II in production at time of writing. Uncharted has the popular character 'Nathan Drake' with the final game in the franchise coming out in 2017.

Reputation:
They have a very good reputation with all IPs having a strong link the the naughty dog brand which is known for high quality games that push the boundaries of the machines they are run on.

They have received many awards:
(2008) Winner – Seven World Records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008
(2009) Winner – D.I.C.E Award for Overall Game of the Year
(2009) Winner – Spike Video Game Awards for Game of the Year
(2010) Winner – Game Developers Choice Awards for Game of the Year
(2013) Winner – Spike Video Game Awards for Studio of the Year
(2013) Winner – BAFTA Video Games Awards for Best Game
(2013) Winner – D.I.C.E Award for Overall Game of the Year
(2013) Winner – D.I.C.E Award for Innovation in Gaming
(2013) Winner – Game Developers Choice Awards for Game of the Year



Market Position:
They are a AAA studio creating large expensive mass market games.
Their latest game sold a huge 8.7 million copies in 2016 alone
They are one of the largest studios under Sony entertainment
They have films being based of their IP's

Competitors
The top competitors are other large studios are:
Electronic Arts Inc.
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT
Which are huge studios that are much larger in size releasing games more than once a year with Naughty dog releasing games every 2 to 3 years. Naughty dog has a much more intricate and focus outlook on games with them releasing games when they are ready unlike the other studios that but pressure on the developers to release games before they are ready.
One direct competitor on the other hand is Square Enix who create a game is the same category known a Lara Croft, which like Uncharted is a action thriller game with puzzle elements and works much the same in both games.