Comments on: GDC '08: Are casual games the future?

PlayFirst CEO John Welch thinks hard-core gamers will soon be in the minority as the masses embrace pick-up-and-play titles.

[slickuser]

Good stuff..

I think Wii titles are leading in casual games market...


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[aqvarivs]

profusion of the 5min.game play

it's really about game commitment. do you struggle through weeks of IL2 Stormovik building a reputation that reflects your success and expertize or do you pop into an all comers website and have some 9year old shooting you as you enter the game portal. it's the difference between a war and a drive by shooting. You start a war you better have an end game. Pull a drive by and you can adopt a new philosophy on life by the end of the block. drive by's don't get into the history books. it doesn't make one less than the other but they are not comparable. just like you don't put a yugo up against a 'vette. Not stock anyway. :-)

[Rhyas]

Are Industry People really that stupid??

"Although the mobile phone is the ideal platform for casual games, for some reason it just hasn't caught on, Welch said. 'Everyone has one, everyone has one at all times. But--who is actually using that phone to download games? (The thing is) everyday folks don't download mobile games--yet.'"

Seriously? You don't know?? A Phone is the worst possible interface to a game ever. Seriously. They suck. 90% of mobile phones aren't built to be used for games, so you're market is 90% smaller than you think it is.