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2017 Year in Review
Cordova, TN; December 25, in the year of our Lord
2017--Family Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in
covering the family friendly video games is giving our
impressions on how things went in 2017. I am generally upbeat
and positive on what happened in 2017. The resurgence of
physical copies of video games thanks to the massively popular
physical copy movement has been evident this year. More and more
PR firms and companies are making a point of coming out with
physical copy versions of their games. Virtual Reality or VR
started to get some decent games and good traction this year.
The Nintendo Switch has been a success. Sony continues to beat
Microsoft as both companies released upgraded machines for the
PS4 and Xbox One. We are seeing an increase in family games
again. This is something Family Friendly Gaming has campaigned
for – for years now. When we first started with FFG we saw the
first wave of family games hit the market. Then hardcore haters
complained and got all kinds of gross, disgusting, macabre and
morbid games released again.
As the economy has taken a massive turn for the better we are
seeing it help out video games as well. Make America Great Again
has hit the video game industry and more American companies are
trying their hand at video games. This is something else Family
Friendly Gaming has asked for. As families earn more money, get
jobs again, and get more of their tax money back we can expect
video games to benefit. There might even be an increase in
American video game jobs as the economy continued to climb. That
is a possible prediction not a fact. Please keep that in mind.
E-leagues have been growing and are actually respected in some
circles. Sure those circles are small, and generally mocked by
the masses. It would not surprise me to see that grow in the
future. Why is anyone watching these people play games against
one another?
Social gaming continues to grow. This is something that really
does not interest me personally. I noticed a rise in it in 2017.
I have to admit I had fun playing with others in Star Trek
Bridge Crew. I just do not have the time to dedicate to online
gaming personally. There were some good games for families in
2017. Retro gaming continued to grow in 2017. PC gaming remained
powerful in 2017, and console gaming held its own. The industry
tried to push farther to the left politically. There was
backlash against that of course. The discrimination against
conservatives and Christians got worse in 2017. There is massive
room for improvement for that in 2018. Pay to play, and pay to
win got worse in 2017 as well. Some companies have attacked the
single player mode in video games. Again there has been backlash
against it.
We saw massive growth here at Family Friendly Gaming in 2017. We
cross the one million mark in terms of views in a month on the
website. It was the E3 month so there was a lot of coverage that
interested families and gamers. Our Youtube channel exploded in
2017 beyond anything we could ever expect. I was not expecting
to be considered a Youtube celebrity but it happened this year.
We continued to improve everything we do here at FFG. This is
from the website to the videos. That concept of continuous
improvement has not stopped there either. Every single week we
are discussing ideas for improvements. Some are being applied as
I write this article. All in all 2017 was a pretty good year.
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming
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