subject: Why Some Online Casino Games Are More Popular Than Others [print this page] It is an undisputable fact that some online casino games are far more popular than others. Of course, before proceeding any further with that line of argument, a need arises for one to define what exactly they mean by the term popular.' And as it turns out, a casino game can be popular from the casinos' side' or from the players' side.' In the former case, that would be the situation where almost every casino you visit has that particular game on offer. The implication would be that, for some reason, online casino owners love the particular game, and ensure that they have it on their menus. And in the latter case, it is the situation where people are looking (sometimes almost desperately) for opportunities to play the particular game online. The implication would be that it is a game that, for some reason, is popular with the online casino patrons: so that they keep searching for it, and often, asking their casinos - which happen not to be offering it - to consider doing so.
What is of interest to us, in this discussion, is the explanation for that trend where some online casino games prove to be more popular than others, to either the online casino players, or the online casino owners.
Let's start with the casino games that prove to be more popular with the players (so that some can be seen looking, almost desperately, for opportunities to partake of the same). Many of these usually turn out to be games that are, for one, simple to play. When most people pop into online casinos, they are usually not looking to have their minds challenged, but rather to have their minds relaxed. In any case, not many people have the time or motivation to start learning complex casino games. So the simpler games win in a big way in this regard. Games in which players see the opportunity to win bigger sums of money also tend to rate highly in terms of popularity. Most people on the online gaming scene are ambitious folks, after all. Games that are usually popular in the offline' (traditional brick and mortar) gaming scene will also tend to be quite popular online. After all, most of the people playing in online casinos are, but immigrants' from the traditional casino system.
Moving onto the casino games that prove to be more popular with the casino owners (so that virtually every online casino offers them), they tend to have a number of features in common. First is simplicity, in terms of technical implementation. A game that is too complex in terms of implementation translates into a game that is too costly to implement and that is not good for business. But there is clash here, seeing that the games which tend to be easy to play (hence popular on the players' side) turn out to be the hardest to implement on a technical side, and vice versa. Games that leave the casino owners with decent chances for huge wins against the patrons but without the patrons feeling robbed' - are another rather popular category with the casino owners. Here too, is another clash, because games which come with a high chance for the house' to win are, effectively, games which come with a lower chance for the players to win; making them unpopular with the players, but popular with the casino owners.
In these types of contests, especially where there is real competition in an industry, it is the customer who tends to win. That is why we are seeing more and more casinos being forced to offer the online casino games that customers love, rather than the games they would prefer to be offering. If they don't do this, the customers (players) simply move on to the online casinos offering the games they like.
Why Some Online Casino Games Are More Popular Than Others
