Videogame exam example question

Q: The importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences.
Answer Points:
Being able to do more than one thing on a piece of hardware.
PS1 Games and CD's
PS2 Games, CD's, and DVD's and online.
XBOX all of those and first succesful online service.
XBOX 360 all of those plus you can download games, plug in ipod, connect to computer and play films off of it, buy SKY pack and sky tv, browse through your computer.
PS3 can do all of that but online is free and can watch blu-ray dvds.

This means that limited convergence companies (dvd player companies) lose out in profit as console companies and do the same job but with added extras.
Console companies could be successful as they are offering more for the consumer therefore they can raise their prices and make a larger profit.
Previous consoles could lose out and there are not as up to date in convergence.

Consumers would therefore only have to buy one piece of hardware which can do all of the services on its own, therefore it would save the money.
However as technology improves they would have to keep up and buy the newest consoles which would cost a lot of money.
Games can now be downloaded so the consumer doesn't even need to leave the house to get it, therefore cutting out revenue for games manufacturers.
Also as some simple games are quite cheap and easy to use, e.g. farmville for facebook and TAP-Tap for iphone and ipod touch, people are preffering to buy these than the big budget xbox and ps3 games.
Smaller modern systems such as Ipod, Iphone, PSP and DS require games that can still produce good graphics on the smaller screens.