[casual_games] Casual Download Games: New Releases by PlayMechanic

[James C. Smith]

Correct. 26% of the newly released games were type "other". This is totally
separate from the top 10 data. This is just how many games were released and
not how many of the top 10 games were type "other".

 

On the other hand, If you look at the top sellers (the games that make it
into the top 10 for a long time), you will see several games of type "other"
but nowhere near 26%. When you look at top 10 lists performance, the Hidden
Object (HO) games as a group outperform the "other" games by a wide margin.
Many individual games of type "other" have broken though and sold well, but
in general, most HO games sell better than most "other" games.

 

 

Here is a quote from my original post

 

In the past 6 months, the top 10 lists on casual game download portals have
been dominated by Hidden Object games followed closely by Time Management
games.  Sim games and Match 3 games have been a distance 3rd and 4th.
(Source
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/worldmap/?date=2008-01-15&enddate=2008-07
-15&columns=15&scoringmethod=TenOverRank&showscore=on&AOL=on&BigFish=on&Game
House=on&iWin=on&Logler=on&MSN=on&PlayFirst=on&Pogo=on&Real=on&Reflexive=on&
Shockwave=on&YahooTop=on> ) This is when ranking play mechanics by their
popularity is top 10 lists. 

 

If you click on that (Source
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/worldmap/?date=2008-01-15&enddate=2008-07
-15&columns=15&scoringmethod=TenOverRank&showscore=on&AOL=on&BigFish=on&Game
House=on&iWin=on&Logler=on&MSN=on&PlayFirst=on&Pogo=on&Real=on&Reflexive=on&
Shockwave=on&YahooTop=on> )link and look at the bottom of the page you see
this

 

Top scoring play mechanics

Hidden
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Hidden%20Object>
Object(19775.4)

Time
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Time%20Management

>  Management(16522.1)


Sim <http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Sim> (9555)

Match <http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Match%203>
3(7220.1)

Other
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Other%20Mechanic>
Mechanic(3597.1)

 

The (numbers) are "score".  A game mechanic earns 10 points for each day a
game is ranked #1 on a portal and 5 points for each day it is ranked #2 and
so on down to 1 point for each day ranked #10.  Using this scoring system,
Hidden Object games outscore Other
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/search/?type=tag&search=Other%20Mechanic>
Mechanic games by a wide margin. (11 to 2).  But if you look at the top
selling games in that chart you see this:

 

Dream Day First Home
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/dreamdayfirsthome.html> (2122) -
Hidden Object

Jojo's Fashion Show
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/jojosfashionshow.html> (1990) -
Other Mechanic

Build-a-lot 2: Town of the Year
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/buildalot2townofyear.html>
(1972.4) - Sim

Big City Adventure: Sydney,
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/bigcityadventuresydneyaustralia.ht
ml>  Australia(1916.8) - Hidden Object

Virtual Villagers: The Secret City
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/virtualvillagerssecretcity.html>
(1729.8) - Sim

Dream Chronicles 2: The
<http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/dreamchronicles2eternalmaze.html>
Eternal Maze(1496) - Adventure

Burger Shop <http://www.casualcharts.com/games/detail/burgershop.html>
(1487.4) - Time Management

 

As a group, the other mechanic games rank 5th, but among individual games,
the #2 ranked game was of type "other mechanic"

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Joe Schultz
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 12:26 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Casual Download Games: New Releases by
PlayMechanic

 

To clarify, you're list shows 26% of new released games (over 180 days) are
considered type "Other" (not new released Top 10 games over 180 days) ?

 

j 

 

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