Development History Of Sports Video Game

Sports video games have been one of the most successful types in the video game industry since they first appeared in 1958.As sports video games become mature,it is no longer simply a game,but a new sports event.Today,as sports video games continue to mature and form their own events,sports video games are now an important part of people’s lives,especially for young people.At the end of the last century,China scholars began to study sports video games,but systematic research on sports video games is almost blank.Therefore,this article takes sports video games and their events as the research object and focuses on the influencing factors in the development of sports video games and their impact on sports development.The review and collection of data on sports video games and sports video game events provided a historical basis for the study to truly restore the development of sports video games.Through specific analysis and interpretation of some of the game cases with typical characteristics,this paper attempts to explore the important factors affecting the development of sports video games.The study found that the course of sports video games can be roughly divided into four stages: budding period,initial development period,rapid development period and mature period.In the budding period,sports video games completed the transition from laboratory research to commercialization;during the initial development period,sports video games gradually became popular among ordinary people;during the period of rapid development,many series of sports video games appeared and began to be popular all over the world;in the mature period,sports video games have entered the era of networking.After decades of development,sports video games have also begun to set up their own events.Although there are still many problems with these events,the influence of these events has gradually expanded and become part of traditional sports events.Economy,society,and technology have always affected the development of sports video games.The franchise of sports video games has divided its industrial landscape by several major companies.In order to solve the social problems that sports video games have an adverse impact on physical health,its design direction is developing in combination with fitness activities.Technological updates have promoted the development of sports video game content and carriers.In today’s society,sports video games are both a means of communication for sports and a new item of sports,it has considerable impacts on sports.