IAT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gamer, Casual Game, Pac-Man
8 Aug 2018
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Game platforms: personal computer online in web browsers, game consoles, mobile phones. Casual gamers: typically older than traditional computer gamers, more often female, with over 74% of casual gamers being female. Casual gameplay: casual games are designed with specific gameplay in mind, players don"t play the game for very long at once. Must be able to achieve something quickly: players come back to the games that they like. While length of play sessions are shorter, the durability of a casual game habit (consecutive months in which the game is played) is higher for casual games than hardcore games. Most commonly, esports take the form of organized, multiplayer video gamer competitions, particularly between professional players: live-streaming game play. Four aspects to define casual and hardcore gamers (ties: time, identification, engagement, and skills. Every aspect cannot by itself define an individual as a casual or hardcore gamer: time: the amount of time a gamer spends playing, more time hardcore, less time casual.
