"Casual gamers are those who do not care about gaming, and play only "casually", a few times, for example when they run into them at a friends' house, or in a web browser. "
-That is the most frequent definition of "casual gamer". But let's look into the statistics:
1)
The Wii is usually considered to be more casual than the other two this-gen consoles. But let's see the software attachment rates:
A bit outdated, but roughly it shows that there is no relevant difference between the amount of software
The above chart proves that either:
A)Casual gamers buy similar amount of games than "hardcore gamers".
B)The majority of Wii gamers are not casual.
2)
Another assumption is that casual gamers buy a few games, but they don't, or only rarely play them.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/05/wii-software-stats-january-update/
This article picks up a few statistics of overall software usage, from the Nintendo Channel:
Guitar Hero 3: ~58 hours
Wii Sports: ~35 hours
Wii Fit: ~16 hours
Mario Kart Wii: ~26 hours
The above list proves that either:
A)casual gamers play their games regularly, that breaks the point of the term "casual"
B)A significant amount of these games' audiences are not casual gamers, so these games aren't "casual games"
(Unfortunatelly I don't have any statistics about other consoles, but if you look at the article, you can see that on the Wii, games that are considered "hardcore", often get lower results than Wii Sports. )
Question:
A) If you think that the A answers were correct, what is the point of calling certain ones "casual gamers", even though they buy games frequently, and play them regularly?
B) If you think that the B answers were correct, and the audiences of the listed games are not casual gamers, what would be more fitting example for them?