Casual games are the
games that are designed for an average gamer or computer user, they feature a
very short learning curve, have very basic rules and do not require much
strategy, anybody should be able to enjoy casual games within minutes of
launch.
Since the first days
of Windows operating system top casual games were Solitaire, Minesweeper and
Tetris like games which regardless of their simplicity cost worldwide economy
millions of dollars in office productivity due to their addicting nature.
Today there are
several major casual game developers such as Big Fish Games, Relexive, iWin,
RealArcade and few other publishers who deserve the most credit for great success
of the casual games. Not only do they output several new and revolutionary
games daily, keeping all the casual and hardcore gamers playing all the
addicting games non-stop, they also do a great job as far as promotion of the
games is concerned.
Casual game
developers are creating very high-quality games which they offer trial versions
for, with either time limit, level limit or some other feature limitations of
the game. Those trial versions are usually enough to have the gamer hooked and
either keep playing the limited version or purchase the full version of the casual
game.
Another way casual
game developers promote the games, is by having those same casual games
available in flash or shockwave on online gaming site and then allow gamers to
download their own "offline" version of the game.
Regardless of simplicity
and the basic nature of casual games, they are really taking off and becoming a
larger share of the gaming industry daily, who knows maybe thanks to all the new
casual games we will finally let the basic Windows Solitaire go.
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