From 1972 till today video game consoles have improved and changed althroughout the years and has exponentially increasedin popularity overtime, they have had a significant influence in popular culture. Video game culture has also evolved overtime hand in hand with internet culture as well as the increasingly popularity of mobile games. As video games become more social with online capabilities such as online multiplayer which has gamers finding themselves in growing social networks. Gaming can be for entertainment or competition, and it's also not something target to one crowd it can be something for all kinds of people. Gaming can now be done on home video game consoles, on computers now that they even make computers capable of playing low quality games to high quality games, mobile phones, and handheld game consoles.
Video games now have a vast library of genres making it available to cater to all kinds of people's taste from Role-Playing games, Shooters, Visual Novels, kids games, and even sports games. Consoles now can even be used for more than just gaming it can also be used to watch shows with things like Netflix, and conversate with people around the world.