[casual_games] Question of the week

[Sheri Rubin]

I didn't see casual games and social games as "genres" in the 
traditional sense but segments or sectors in the industry perhaps. 
Genres to me are like FPS, puzzle, action, etc. :)

As far as converging, I do think they are converging in that "casual 
games" are now often trying to be more social, e.g. challenging friends 
to full out Sims Social. Many social games are trying to figure out what 
it is that made so many casual games successful and I think some are 
trying to make the leap backwards, e.g. trying to figure out how to have 
standalone experiences that don't require the help of 'friends' or to 
even necessarily be online.

Sheri

On 8/22/2011 10:53 AM, Dave Rohrl wrote:

> Our question this week comes from John Szeder at Hi5.

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> Are casual games and social games converging as genres?

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