Sony: Casual Games Are Just "an Addictive Diversion"

[Headdrivehardscrew]

As opposed to core games which are what? Just diversions?

A fulfilling experience that stays with you. I doubt I'm ever gonna meet a person who was majorly impacted in their life by Angry Birds. Unless they had a head-on collision while playing the game.

I liked Angry Birds for a while, especially since it was about twenty years since I last enjoyed, what, Space Taxi or Thrust.

I never finished Angry Birds, though. Got distracted by Angry Birds in Space, Cut the Rope, some other random games and I ended up just not reinstalling them after some OS upgrade. I switched back to listening to music while commuting, beats those silly little games and slaps them right in their smug little faces.

Found some new music, and my horizon feels like it's ever expanding. Angry Birds just made me twitch and it also made me more angry, as I very much prefer pigs to birds.

All Hail the Gin Lady:

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[PunkRex]

Well funny enough I actually don't agree with you there... the diversion thing, not the Sony are dumb thing (thats true). I get what your saying, these things are a diversion to enjoy/relax, until someone dedicates theirs lives to said diversion, then it becomes a lifestyle (to some its the most important thing in the world). Sony's statement is just disrespectful.

I guess you make a fair point there. Seeing we have people competing in games on a professional level some of them could be compared to athletes in actual sports and go beyond a simple diversion. There's also the jobs that follows, reviewing, sales or market analysts. However for the most case I wouldn't say it goes beyond a diversion. Games are a lot of things, but above all, they are a great way to stimulate the mind. A diversion, but in no way would I say that's a bad thing.

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Well put good sir.

 

[octafish]

As Cornelius Bear knows, all games are just a momentary diversion on the road to the grave...

 

[Squilookle]

He's right, but let's not kid ourselves: ALL games are an addictive diversion.

 

[l0ckd0wn]

Comparing 'hardcore' to 'casual' is like comparing movies to TV. Both have their place. Saying that one is more pointless than another is a stupid argument. They are simply different and yield different experiences.

This is kind of my notion... Sony doesn't know how to truly get in to the casual gaming market because they never have. As someone else pointed out as well, PopCap is doing just fine and has put out many a game that are quite the addiction to their target audiences. I think there are many factors which go into the replay ability of games, and both hardcore and casual games can tickle the addiction.