|
|
The web based market is the largest for online games with approximately 55 million players, compared to the smaller markets of massive multiplayer online games which has approximately 1.5 million players. The revenue per player is however much greater for massive multiplayer online games.
Most popular web based games include puzzle games, card games such as solitaire and word games.
In some places online games have moved from the net to game lan conventions. Where people meet and play games in real life. It is becoming a bigger trend for game companies to arrange these kind of gatherings.
Jupiter estimates that PC-based online games will generate $750 million in advertising revenue in 2006.
Some companies believe that the best way to attract players is to build social activities around there games. Also the increased cooperation between Hollywood and game developers will bond players to the games.
Best performing titles for online web based games are the ones that are easy to learn and hard to master. This is a relatively new market segment that attracts a different type of consumers, to a large part newbie players that do not play console-based or CD-ROM games.
Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10
Related sites:
Related site 1
Related site 2
