[casual_games] Question of the (approximate) week

[Robert Madsen]

I think there will always be a market for both paid games and free-to-play
because I think they target different types of gamers.  Some gamers know
what they like or are dedicated to a particular game and will always be
willing to pay for it.  Other gamers aren't sure what they want and need to
sample things first.  Some gamers will play for free and never intend to
pay. Robert

 

 

From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Charlie Jackson
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 6:45 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Question of the (approximate) week

 

I definitely think so (and sure hope so!). While the whole free-to-play
system is getting lots of love despite the ads and the pay-for-awesomeness
on the sides for income, I do think that casual games will have a meaningful
market. I do think that it will be even more download-driven than it is now,
and that some creative marketing will go hand-in-hand with it, but I do
think it'll still be there. I'm really hopeful that between apps and games
that have the pay-for-awesomeness built in, in 5 years people will be even
more used to putting their credit card info into a website and spending
their money on downloadable games. 




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On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Juan Gril <juangril at jojugames.com> wrote:

Wow, that's really tough to say. You would think that no, but the apple
store ecosystem has worked well for 4 years now. It can last another 5.

 

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Dave Rohrl <universedave at gmail.com> wrote:

This week's debate question for the SIG: Five years from today, will there
be a meaningful market for NON-free-to-play casual games?

Please send suggestions for future questions to universedave at gmail.com.
Community-submitted questions will be treated as anonymous unless the
submitter requests otherwise.

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