The Internet has quickly grown to become a very popular, if not the most popular, source of entertainment. A study by Parks Associates has concluded that the most popular online activity for entertainment is playing casual games. The study also notes that the year-over-year growth rate for casual gamers is 79%, making casual gaming significantly higher than the growth rate of social networking at 46%. Streaming video is, however, quickly catching up to casual gaming as one of the most popular entertainment activities with a 123% year-over-year growth.
"Despite the growing popularity of YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, gaming remains the king of online entertainment, driven largely by casual gaming activities. Gaming also has business advantages. Unlike sites for social networking and video streaming, which rely solely on advertising revenue, casual gaming has more mature and heterogeneous revenue models, including web-based and in-game advertising, try-before-you-buy, subscriptions, and micro-transactions," said James Kuai, a research analyst at Parks Associates.
News source: DailyTech
"Despite the growing popularity of YouTube, MySpace and Facebook, gaming remains the king of online entertainment, driven largely by casual gaming activities. Gaming also has business advantages. Unlike sites for social networking and video streaming, which rely solely on advertising revenue, casual gaming has more mature and heterogeneous revenue models, including web-based and in-game advertising, try-before-you-buy, subscriptions, and micro-transactions," said James Kuai, a research analyst at Parks Associates.
News source: DailyTech
Not at all, better examples are :
- Bejeweled
- Diner dash
- Feeding Frenzy
- Hexic
- Luxor
- Peter flat
- Zuma
And a lot of other games I didn't play.
I didn't ask about crack, I asked about casual games.
I'm pretty sure they don't mean just Pop Cap games. They mean online games of some sort. I'm wondering what they are. Poker/gambling is one of them no doubt.
From the source:
http://newsroom.parksassociates.com/articl...article_id=4579
Apparently it is deliberately vague to capture all sorts of online games.
My kids play on PuzzlePirates, ClubPenguin, CrazyMonkeyGames and Runescape. I guess those would all count.
Wow, you let your kids play Runescape?
The oldest two play more often. The youngest sometimes join in to goof off with their brothers.
The content isn't inappropriate, and they have pretty good swear filters (a bit too aggressive filtering, maybe).
I think 10+ is decent age for gameplay. Lots of kids going around "wanna fite?" and calling each other "N00b". No cussing or nudity.
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