Nintendo plans to make 25 million to 30 million Switch game consoles next fiscal year

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flashfire926 said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Fair enough, but I don't see how there could be any other definition honestly. Call of Duty is called casual.. Those games aren't aimed at literally every demographic in existent but their market cap makes them stand over nearly other triple A game. If casual had to be games that only appealed to demographics in the same way Brian Age or Wii Sports did, there would literally be like 10 home console casual games. 

There might be different "tiers" of a casual game. Maybe a smart phone game is more casual than Mario Kart. I don't think that means Mario Kart isn't casual. By your definition there would be almost no game in existence on current gen consoles that is casual, since it would either have to only appeal to casual-only gamers or it wouldn't have the sales to back it up.

There are quite a few games I would call casual.... tv/movie tie in games (e.g cars 3), Just Dance, Skylanders, most of the lego games, some nintendo games (amiibo festival, wii party U, mario party, 1-2 Switch) and more. Sure these type of games have become a bit sparse compared to last gen, but they are still clearly here.

Those aren’t casual games.

The term casual game was coined by Nintendo for Brain Age and specifically refers to games designed to be picked up and played for short periods of time (a few minutes per game session). They’re also designed that when you put it down and come back later there will be new stuff to do, and the hopes are to keep the player engaged over long periods of time. With Brain Age, Nintendo made it a daily thing, but more recent games have made it approximately every 2 to 6 hours, but generally have a daily reward program to encourage players to log in at least once a day.

Casual games are big on mobile, and include games like Clash Of Clans, Clash Royale, and Candy Crush Saga.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 10 November 2017