1.   An even more lucrative market is for console games of all platforms.

2.   And the spread of multimedia PCs with sound cards and CD-ROM drives means makers can deliver compelling titles that rival the best of the console games.

3.   And the concept of community is a big part of gaming, particularly with console games.

4.   A common problem with the makers of console games is that they have an arcade attitude.

5.   Console computer sports games require human movement if the video players are to move realistically.

6.   Meanwhile, the sands are shifting beneath an emerging generation of console games and the expected increase of computer gaming on the Internet.

7.   Nintendo and Sony rank among the top five videogame publishers, and with no experience in console games Microsoft will need to use its talent at playing catch up.

8.   PC games are played on computers and tend to attract a somewhat older audience than console games, which are played on hardware such as the Sony Playstation.

9.   The last few weeks have been rather gray and cloudy for new console games for children.

10.   There will be PC games, new console games from Nintendo and the rest, plus the latest in joysticks and gaming devices.