| mrstickball said: Zucas - You have to understand though, that TFU isn't the kind of ultra-casual title that Carnival Games, Beach Party, or We Ski type games are. That's why any of the said titles are beating out Madden 09 All-Play. It's better to look at "middlecore" titles that aren't geared toward massive legs than ultra-casuals. |
Casual is a blatantly misused word haha. The point is casual really has no meaning when you put it that way. The best way to put it is mainstream if you don't know how to use it and TFU is a mainstream game because Star Wars is a mainstream property. It's why it can virtually sell well on any console. But with Wii considering its Star Wars ties from the hype in the beginning and being a huge mainstream console around the world, it allows such a title to see the effects of the mainstream during the holiday season, the majority buyers then.
Now casual titles are hard to define. Many people like to appropriate them with simply games that aren't epic, when really the true definition of a casual title is a game that can be picked up easily and played easily. So party games like you have mentioned are definitely casual titles but so are alot of other games we call core games that are in turn really casual titles because they are easy to pick up and play such as racers.
Now why do casual titles really sell well during the holidays? Normally its because these games get noticed by the mainstream because of a big brand similar to that already took off mainstream awhile ago. Wii Sports and Mario Party 8 made room for titles like that. Casual titles usually don't have a very large base to offer to until they go mainstream. That is when they become a mainstream game similar to that of Halo and Mario.
This is what I've learned about studying what a casual title is and differentiating it from mainstream and core games and seeing it's sales trends. But this is why mainstream titles need to be looked after in the holiday season and why casual titles have to do the same thing as well because this is where they'll get their "big break" to say the least.
