[casual_games] Fullscreen vs. Windowed

[WByrd at blockdot.com]

This is a very interesting question.  As a publisher and developer, we
have clients asking for both and we produce both; however, 90% of our
development goes toward a full screen game.  

I'm of the mindset that it should be the other way around, then I start
to look at the audience segments.  Most prefer a full screen and do not
prefer to multi-task on their computer.

If my figures seem off, can someone please send me figures otherwise?

Thanks,
--=w=--

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Ron
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:36 PM
To: casual_games at igda.org
Subject: [casual_games] Fullscreen vs. Windowed

This is something that has been bugging me for a while.  Just about 
every Casual Game I download and publisher I talk to says the default 
mode should be Fullscreen, not Windowed.

This doesn't make sense to me.  I would think that a Casual Game would 
want to be played on the desktop, so other applications can be viewed 
and responded to.

Is it really true that our audience wants games to run in Fullscreen, or

is this just a myth that keeps getting passed down from publisher to 
publisher to developer to developer?

Does anyone have real data to support this?

Ron


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