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Planetside 2: 

1. What is Planetside 2?  Planetside 2 is a free to play massively multiplayer online first person shooter published by Sony online entertainment. It is a remake of planetside which was made in 2003 and planetside2 was made in 2012
2. What genre does the game belong to? Massively multiplayer online first person shooter game
3. Planetside 2 developer/publisher: Developer- Sony online entertainment and publisher- Sony online entertainment(USA/Canada)
4. When was it launched? In 2012
5. How does the gameplay work? Planetside2 is the re-imagining of planetside, featuring the same worlds, factions and taking place at roughly the same time period. there are large battles featuring up to 2000 players per continent on foot or in land/air vehicles. The territory system differs greatly from that of the original, being more free-form and based on a hexagonal territory control system.
6. What are the six different player classes in the game? The infiltrator is a sniper class with special abilities of cloaking and hacking, and can use sniper rifles, submachine guns to deliver a devastating effect. The light assault class is a scout who uses carbines and submachines guns. The combat medic is a healing class. Their weapons include assault rifles and shotguns. The engineer class has the special ability of repairing vehicles and turrets. The heavy assault class has light machine guns and battle riflies. The max class has a mobile armoned suit that allows them to take significant damage before dying.
7. What is the story or narrative to the game?  After the Earth has nearly come to ruin following a devastating war, the world's governments came to a consensus and united under one banner: the world-wide Terran Republic. Some time later a wormhole, one which scientists fail to explain, appears and then disappears without a trace. Ex-President of the Terran Republic, Tom Connery, believes that the wormhole is a sign of existing extraterrestrial life and launches several space expeditions. The first expedition to Moon Belt gives a lead a figurine of alien nature giving Connery a reason to start a second expedition further into space. Several Terran Republic ships travel through the wormhole and are stranded for a very long period of time; their situation grows dire. Due to the crew's mental exhaustion and provision limit, strict curfews are applied. Later, a vote is held about the necessity of the measures. The positive vote wins, but only barely. 

Business model

1. How much does Planetside 2 cost to play? It is free to download were if you want to buy something within the game you will have to purchase it from your own money, through PayPal or Credit Cards.
2. What does a subscription offer to players? The game also offers a subscription which provides players with increased experience, cert points, and extra resources, such as if you want to buying a medical kit in the game.
3. What can the in-game currency be used to buy?? Station Cash is SOE's Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional 
4. Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional weapons or health? because they would need to buy the them, which they prefer not so.

The three factions

The Terran Republic: Honer, justice and duty

The Vanu Sovereignty: Strengths, intelligence and wisdom

The New Conglomerates: Payback, oppression and freedom

Planetside 2: Target audience

• The target audience for Planetside 2 could potentially range from 18 - 35 years old
• 80% male and 20% female
• Social class: mainly middle class
• Students in college and university
• Towns and cities
• ABC1 demographic

The Terran Republic- Mainstream- ABC1 demographic - requires tactics

The Vanu Sovereignty- Resigned- ABC1 Demographic; requires new technology and education/employment

The New Conglomerates- Succeeder's- Age 18 - 24 - rebels especially as this game focuses on this particular aspect. Doesn't necessarily require someone to be in employment

Task 1: developers and publishers

Rockstar Games
Background: founded in 1998 and location new York United States
Owner/founder: its owned by take- two interactive
Most successful games: grand theft auto
Interesting fact about the institution: they develop and publish. they have shipped over 250 copies of GTA.


EA (Electronic Arts)

Background: founded in 1982 and location CaliforniaOwner/founder: trip Hawkins
Most successful games: need for speed and battlefield
Interesting fact about the institution:




ZyngaBackground: founded in 2007 and location in California
Owner/founder: mark pincus

Most successful games: farmville

Interesting fact about the institution:




Nintendo
Background: founded in 1889 and based in Kyoto, japan
Owner/founder: fusaijro yamauchi
Most successful games: super Mario bros
Interesting fact about the institution:




Sony Computer Entertainment
Background: founded in 1993 and based in tokyo, japan
Owner/founder: Andrew house and shuhei yoshida
Most successful games: mass effect
Interesting fact about the institution:


pegi is a system created and owned by the interactive software federation of Europe which is based in Belgium. It gives age ratings at what people can start playing the game. It gives them by watching the trailer and playing the game.

fifa14 case study

Print-

This print advert of fifa14 promotes the game firstly by showing it developers and publishers. This is what makes the audience more attracted to the game because they will know what the company is and they might have other games that are of the same company (EA sports) so they might like it. The audience can tell that the game isn't targeted at females because the print advert colour is white, blue and red. These colours are mainly targeted for males. Also, the image on the print advert are two boys these also could suggest that this game is for males.

Reviews-

•  It’s as comfortable a transition from PS3 as you could have wished for, and within seconds you know you can never go back.
• It’s critical to state that this is still the FIFA you've known and loved for a number of years.
• "i think its an amazing game"

The magazine reviews are nearly all positive so when other people read it it makes them attracted to the game because alot of people are saying good things. Many of the comments also say "if you don't have it, buy it". this makes people think that a lot of the people like it so it makes people fascinated. 

I think print is better than e-media because many people can see the game in real and they'll know how it looks like however e-media is also good because it will spread the word around so many people would hear it and may decide to buy the game.

Broadcast-

The advertisement attracts the audience because it has many real life football players playing the game. The advert also changes to Messi playing football in cartoon version. In the advert branding is used when it says "it just got real". The font is the same as the fifa14 font.

There is a combination of a famous footballer because they want the audience to feel that they are actually playing the game and they want the audience to be engaged.

The you tube advert is much shorter than the T.V advert because on the T.V many people see it and they want to know about the game more whereas only you tubers can see the you tube advert so they have made it short and catchy.

The trailer is promoting the game because they are adverting to their audience.

E-media-

It attracts the audience by showing different footballers that play in real life games. This is effective because many males like a lot of different footballers so if they have them on the page it will make the audience think that this advertisement is for them because they would think that if the footballers like the game then they would too.

Case study 2-wii party

Case study 2: Wii Party

General research-

• Release date- 8 October 2010
• It was developed by ND cube and Nintendo SPD and platform- wii
• 7.94 million copies were sold 

Broadcast-

• The key conventions of a video game advert are voice over of celebrity or just a voice over, title, colour and the age that the target audience that could play the game in. we would expect to see friends/family playing the game. The location will mainly at home because wii party is like a home game and to play with people its always a 2 console game. Also to get the audiences attracted more to the game so they can feel like they are a part of it. In the website they show different images of family and friends playing the game and the location of were they are all playing it is at home. In the adverts, celebrity were included like JLS which is attracting more female audience, Rednapp- which is appealing to mostly friends who come round at your house and a famous family. they are all dressed normally in causal clothes so the audience can imagine themselves in it.

E-media-

• i think that the wii party website is attracting to the audience because there are many pictures on the website showing families playing the game. This is personal identity because the audience can see themselves.
• There are many images of families playing and holding the actual console 
• The words are shown many times this is because the audience is seeing that this console is mainly for families and friends and not just to lay alone 
• There are many primary colours which means that alot of kids visit the website and they are bright colours
• It has around 115 likes