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Is Gaming Still a Good Career Choice?

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Is Gaming Still a Good Career Choice?

The growth of gaming serves as a case study of how something novel and untested can still become a global preoccupation. Oddly enough, despite how commonplace games are in living rooms and bedrooms today, the enduring popularity of interactive media is a bit of an unlikely success story. In the two years between 1983 and 1985, for instance, 97% of revenues from game sales had been lost, largely due to the actions of Atari.

Those fragile days of the Atari “shock” are now long gone, but gaming companies do still come and go. For better or worse, Atari is now connected with hotels and casinos, while many other brands have been swallowed up by larger companies like Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Take-Two. Of course, the gaming industry is sustained by people, and games have represented an excellent career choice for a while now.

Is it still true, though?


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In a word, yes. However, there are a number of things to remember when getting involved in this seemingly unstoppable sector.

Due to the rapid growth of out-of-the-box solutions for game creation, it’s entirely possible to go it alone and build your own game or gaming platform from the ground up. Development environments such as Unity 3D and the Unreal Engine, as well as the wealth of relevant tutorials on YouTube, mean it’s largely free to get started. Of course, creativity and talent are elusive finds, so there may always be a bottleneck associated with people.


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