The Video Game Business

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  The Video Game Business (Vocabulary and
Expressions )







how come expression used to ask how something
happened come up with to produce or discover
something specialist an expert, one who is
devoted to an occupation or branch of study or
research no matter how same as regardless of,
or even if compete try to win or do better
than others
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The Video Game Business Kidstimes.net February,
2009


Dont you love playing video games? Whether
young or old, everyone loves to play fun games.
Today, you can see people playing games
everywhere. Nowadays Nintendo DS and PlayStation
Portable (PSP) are very famous among kids. Its
because you can carry them anywhere. Nintendo or
PSP arent just popular in Korea. They are loved
by people all over the world.

I am sure you know these games and consoles are
made in Japan. But how come there is no Korean
company making games? Well, there is. There is a
small Korean company called Game Park. They make
a similar console to Nintendo and PSP. This
might be surprising, but the Korean game
companys console has much better technology. The
console is called Wiz. You might be asking, If
the console is so good, how come nobody knows
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The Video Game Business
You see, Japan has been in the video game
business for a very long time - long before most
of you were born. There are thousands of game
studios in Japan. In each studio, there are game
specialists working hard to come up with new game
ideas. Thats why there are so many fun games
for Nintendo and PSP. In Korea, however, there
are only 2 very small game studios. Thats very
sad because no matter how good Wiz is, there are
no games for the console!
Recently, the President asked some businessmen
why Koreas video games cant compete with Japan.
Can you answer his question now? Yes, we have big
electronic companies like Samsung and LG. They
have beaten Japanese companies like Sony. But
sadly, Korea is very new to the video game world.
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The Video Game Business (Discussion Questions )

• About the Article
• What are famous among kids nowadays?
• What is the name of the small Korean company
  which also makes Nintendo and PSP?
• What country has been in the video game business
  for a very long time?
• Name the two biggest electronic companies in
  Korea.
• About You
• Do you like playing video games? Why?
• Do you think your country can do better than
  Japan in making new video games? Why?
• Share about your favorite video games. Why do you
  like it?
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  The Video Game Business ( Sentence
Construction )

• Complete the sentences below.
• How come that you ________________________________
  ____?
• The scientists come up with the discovery of
  ________________.
• ______________ is a specialist in
  ________________________.
• She wants to compete with ______________ because
  __________________________________________________
  __.
• No matter how I tried to _____________________,
  he still doesnt believe me because
  ___________________________________.
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