[casual_games] Casual Games Quarterly

[Dave Rohrl]

Hey, James, I was just looking over your excellent roundup of top 10 data
from Q2 and Q3 and it triggered an interesting question for me.  I find the
dance of rising and falling genres in the lists really fascinating.  Have
you figured out a reasonably reliable way to look at that genre data and
filter out how much of the change relates to the list of titles in a given
quarter vs. true (and durable shifts) in the market?  That is, are we seeing
a downtrend in the match 3 category just because there weren't as many
strong match 3 titles released that quarter or because the public is just
getting tired or them?  I'm sure this is impossible to measure over a couple
of quarters, but if you look at this data over a 4-8 quarter period, can you
find a way to eliminate the noise and get a look at real trend lines?

Dave Rohrl
Indpendent Casual Game Producer/Designer/Consultant
universedave -at- gmail -dot- com

On Jan 18, 2008 10:09 AM, James C. Smith <james at reflexive.net> wrote:


>  Thank you Wade for putting together another great issue of the

> Quarterly.  It is always a great read.

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> Here is a list of the articles in the newest issue:

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>    - Letter from the Editor<http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/index.php>

>    - IGDA Casual Games SIG 2007-2008 Initiatives<http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/index.php?id=1>

>    - Improving Communication with your Sound Designer, Part 3<http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/index.php?id=2>

>    - Understanding Digital Rights Management and Anti-Piracy

>    Technologies<http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/index.php?id=3>

>    - Top-10 Data Review: Q2 and Q3, 2007<http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/index.php?id=4>

>

>

> You can find all the previous issues of the Quarterly here: Casual Games

> Quarterly Archive<http://www.igda.org/wiki/Casual_Games_SIG#IGDA_Casual_Games_Quarterly>

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> James C. Smith

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> Reflexive Entertainment

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]

> On Behalf Of Wade Tinney

> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:34 AM

> To: 'IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List'

> Subject: [casual_games] Casual Games Quarterly

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> First off, I wanted to correct oversight on my part. It seems that I

>

> neglected to announce the last issue of the Casual Games Quarterly to this

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> list. Here is that link: http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/2_4/

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