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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

DO VIDEO GAMES NEED VIOLENCE TO BE POPULAR?

          I heard there is many talk going around about if video games need to have violence in them to be successful but in my and others perspectives no, no they don't. This is to inform you all reading this post why video games don't need to be violent in order to be successful.

With research I found the top 10 most popular games ever they were: Mario bros, need for speed, halo, counter strike, pac-man, street fighter, god of war, GTA (grand theft auto), resident evil, moto GP. Out of all the top ten half of them are non- violent and the other half are violent. most of these are old but now with new technology we have the power to make less bad games and more play/ joyful.

A few of the games that have sold over 50 million are:
  1. Pokemon................240 mill         11. winning eleven............69 mill
  2. Tetris......................215 mill         12. gran turismo.............. 61.41 mill
  3. the Sims..................125 mill         13. the legend of Zelda.....59 mill
  4. WII sports..............102 mill         14. ape escape.................58.9 mill
  5. FIFA......................100 mill         15. dragon quest...............57 mill
  6. need for speed........100 mill         16. Tom Clancy................55 mill
  7. GTA ......................100 mill         17. call of duty..................55 mill
  8. final fantasy..............97 mill          18. bejeweled...................50 mill
  9. madden NFI............85 mill           19. crash bandicoot..........50 mill
  10. sonic the hedgehog...80 mill           20. nickelodeon...............50 mill
out of all these video games there are 12 that are not violent  and the rest sorta have violent. Most of the non violent games are near the top of the list witch mean this hole list shows you that games that are not violent can still be a hit in there day and now.

In my opinion I believe that the parents are the ones who make violent games popular and make the makers want to make more violent video games. Since the parents keep buying the violent games for there kids then the makers will make more and there for the game will become popular. I'm not trying to offend all you adults out there but i think if you said "no" to your kids once in a while the violent game will be no more.

Therefor games do NOT need violents in them to become popular.So now you have read this post what do you think about games needing violents in them to become popular. You make the future you decide.

5 comments:

  1. GOOD THINGS:
    -opinion was clear
    -current facts

    NEED TO WORK ON:
    -not to use 'i'
    -million dollar words

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  2. what two things are good about this essay?
    The 2 things good about your blog is that you put in lots of info. about the question.



    what are 2 things you need 2 work on?
    you named the things you need to work on also you should work on the facts about y or y not and of 2010 the best game is cod black ops :)

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  3. Good start Bianca. You have clearly stated your opinion in your introduction and have raised some good points. Be sure that all information in your essay is directly related to the topic. If it doesn't prove your point it doesn't belong in the essay. Remember words like 'I' and 'we' or 'my' make your argument weaker. Stay away from this words.

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  4. Good things:
    Statistics. You included numbers to back you up.

    Opinion was clear. From the start I knew you were against violent games

    Things you could work on:
    Not so much opinion
    Like I think parents are the reason why violent video games are popular.

    Were your numbers and info come from. Like what site you got your best video games from.

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  5. sorry for no work cited at the end
    and mrs.p very true

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