subject: The Golden Age of Gaming [print this page] In fact, the discrepancy there between casual gamers and serious gamers is what is currently driving the industry. Because console games for PC or Playstation or Xbox now cost millions of dollars to produce and make as much as blockbuster Hollywood films, they are designed not only to be low risk investments with minimal innovation, but they are geared toward gamers willing to spend $60 on a game. And because of that, they must be designed more intricately to hold a gamer's attention longer, giving more incentive for them to shell out that $60. Browser and cell phone games however must only appeal to casual users with little better to do than waste time. It is interesting to see how this difference in appeal and demographic will impact this perpetually growing industry.
