Casual Gamers Not So Casual

Next Gen is reporting on a study indicating that casual gamers actually play quite a lot, putting the term 'casual' under a microscope. From the article: "'Our survey has determined that mainstream audiences dedicate a substantial amount of time to gameplay — not just in 15-minute increments as previously thought,' said Loren Hillberg, executive VP and general manager of commerce at Macrovision."

Comments

Consider this contrast..

[stratjakt]

People who have casual sex rarely break the 15 minute mark.

Interesting. Indeed.

Titties!

Re:15-minute increments

[JeanBaptiste]

well this guy could beat Super Mario 3 about 4 times over in 15 minutes

Re:Gamer?

[dominion]

Possibly.

I'm sure a lot of women whose husbands only have sex in 15 minute increments a day would consider them to be "fuckers".

Re:Gamer?

[__aaclcg7560]

Could a Slashdot comment be considered "redundant" if it takes more than 15 minutes to figure that out? :P

Re:Gamer?

[Doches]

If you like gaming for gaming's sake (not just to pass the time a la MS Solitaire) then it doesn't matter if you only play half an hour a day or 3 hours a day.

Stop, pause, and think about that. Let's try an analogy, shall we? I like sex for sex's sake. Does it matter to me if I have sex once a day or seven times a day?

I think so, yes.

Dear God, did I just compare gaming to sex?

The definition of a "Serious Gamer" ...

[popo]

Is a guy who wears this.

Thats a cursed shirt

[CrazyJim1]

It makes the user think they're getting +1 dexterity, but its actually +4 charisma to nerds and -4 charisma to women.

Casual gamers are like drivers

[Jaeph]

People who drive slower than me are idiots, people who drive faster than me are insane.

Likewise gamers: if you play more than I do, you're a hardcore powergamer no-life. If you play less than I do, you're casual.

-Jeff