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Sport and Puzzle Games

Nintendo Wii has become the best selling console system due to many factors. I believe that this is due to the motion-sensing controls, and the style of graphics that appeals to female and younger players. Electronic Arts is using the success of Wii by introducing their sport titles to this console. Additionally, they made those game slightly easier to play, and customized them for Wii. Generally speaking, titles like FIFA, NBA Live or Madden football are a good example of games that take advantage out of the motion-sensing controls incorporate into Wii. As a matter of fact, those motion-sensing controls are truly revolutionary, and it is hard to believe that such devices did not come to other systems, like the PC.

On the other hand, puzzle games are completely different. Puzzle games are not very popular games, yet they are very fun. I could give an example of Lost Vikings and Lost Vikings 2, which were quite challenging and engaging puzzle games. Unfortunately, there are not many puzzle games like this. I am not talking about “find hidden object puzzle games”, but about more complicated ones. I believe there are few games of this type, because gamers generally like action, and if they want to have a lot of action they might want to play shooter, action, or sports games. We have a free market so we might as well assume that there is not as big demand as some think there is. However, there are still some puzzle game coming out, and there are even some websites solely dedicated to puzzle games. The niche market for puzzle games might be quite small, but there certainly is a dedicated player base. I believe that making puzzle games could be a great idea for independent developers. This could be an opportunity to be noticed, because major companies like EA or Blizzard do not usually bother with niche games.

Ultimately, it is up to you which type of games you will decide to play. Just remember to have fun, because that is ultimately the goal of games.