The Metroid: Prime 2 Echoes

Media Industries

Nintendo Platform - nintendo original, 3DS, Wii, WiiU, Switch
Who makes games for nintendo? - Nintendo
who makes games for playstation? - Activision
Nintendo has online subscriptions - nintendo switch online
commodification - treat something inappropriately as if it can be acquired or marketed like other commodities
convergence - involving the interconnection of information and communications technologies
vertical integration - when a Media Company owns different businesses in the same chain of production and distribution
horizontal integration - Media Company's Ownership of several businesses of the same value
advantages of vertical integration - seeking to strengthen its supply chain, reduce production costs, capture upstream or downstream profits, or access new distribution channels
advantages of horizontal integration- seeing to increase its size, diversify its product offerings or services, achieve economies of scale, reduce competition, or gain access to new customers or markets

The game is aimed at - Teenagers and Early 20s
metroid's psychographics are mostly likely to be - Explorers
explorers - seeks discovery, energy, individualism and experience. Values difference and adventure
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently decided to add gaming disorder to its official mental health condition, stating that gaming behaviour could qualify as problematic
Some people have suggested that there is a link between playing violent video games and violent behaviour
65% of households have atleast one member who plays games 3 hours a week or more
The average age for a gamer is 35 years old
41% of females play video games
59% of Males play video games
Boy under 18 gaming population - 18%
Adult women gaming population - 31%
Audiences can interact with each other via social media and also by playing multiplayer

Media Language

Media Representation

Media Theorist that can be linked

Cultivation Theory suggests that repeated exposure to TV over time can subtly cultivates' viewers perceptions of reality

criticism of cultivation theory is that screen violence is not the same as real violence

George Gerbner and Larry Gross theorised that TV is a medium of the socialisation of most people into standardised roles and behaviours
Long-term exposure to violent media makes the audience
Mean World Syndrome - violence-related content in television and film makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is