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Archive for the ‘Statistics’ Category

August 21st, 2008

25M Units of Bejeweled Sold!

PopCap’s flagship franchise, Bejeweled, has sold 25 million units since 2008.  This means that: it 1 unit sold for every 10 seconds that equates to 6 billion hours in gameplay and sums up to $300 million in consumer spending.  The success in sales mostly contributes to its numerous distribution channels and its availability in a variety […]

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August 10th, 2008

Forbes’ 10 Overlooked Casual Games

Financial magazine, Forbes, just featured a list of their favorite casual games. Well, at least those that they believe, didn’t get all the bells and whistles that each deserved.
The article also mentioned the start and the boom of casual games which forked in millions of dollars for developers like PopCap and others. Then […]

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August 4th, 2008

Need Help with Concentration? Play Casual Games!

I must admit, I’m a sucker for these studies about casual gaming. I mean, who would have thought that casual gaming can relieve stress, help kick bad habits, be beneficial for the disabled, improves work productivity, and now this?
According to a site, 4-ADHD.com, playing games like Tetris or Bejeweled can help improve concentration, relieves […]

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June 30th, 2008

Europeans Prefer Casual Games

Would you believe this? Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli, said that most Europeans perfer short games as opposed to action and shooter games that are popular in North America and in some other parts of the world. They perceive these kinds of titles as “evil” which comes with all the guns and the gore.
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April 23rd, 2008

Guess What America’s Most Popular Activity Is?

Yep, you guessed it right!  Playing casual games.  I don’t blame them, I myself spend most of my unproductive time playing online.
According to the DevelopMag site, a research by Advergame Network claims that a whopping 34% of US households spend their time playing on a weekly basis.  And that’s versus 29% who watches short online […]

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