Gifts for platform fans

Know someone who loves platform? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.

• AR Gaming

  AR gaming can overlay digital elements onto real-world environments, meaning your living room could become a fantastical battlefield or a Pokémon habitat.

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• Cloud Gaming

  Cloud gaming services often use data centers located strategically around the globe to minimize latency and provide a smoother gaming experience, regardless of a player's location.

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• Game streaming (Twitch, YouTube Gaming)

  The "PogChamp" emote, once a staple of Twitch chat, was permanently removed in 2021 after the person it depicted made controversial statements.

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• Mobile games

  The mobile game Candy Crush Saga has been downloaded over 2 billion times.

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• Music streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music)

  Music streaming services often pay artists a fraction of a cent per stream, meaning millions of streams might only generate a few thousand dollars in royalties.

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• Social Media & Internet

  The first "selfie" is believed to have been taken in 1839, decades before the invention of social media.

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• Streaming services (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video)

  Netflix originally sent DVDs by mail before becoming a streaming service.

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• VR Games

  The first VR game, *Battlezone*, was released in 1973, predating the widespread use of personal computers.

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• YouTube

  YouTube's original domain name was YouTube.com, but it was almost "youtube.net".

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