Shawn- i didnt think it was directed to me or nothing personnal. I hear where you are coming from. But not everyone with wife and kids play games to get away. Its cool, I am fortunate to have what i have and play video games lol. Best of Luck
Because not everyone is still a kid in school who has a lot of time for videogames when they get home. Facebook games are playable even when you're in the office and having lunchbreaks.
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Instead of calling us fortunate souls who make enough money not to have to work all the time school kids, he could have just said that not everyone has enough time to play an MMO.
Not everyone who plays a lot of mmos is a school kid or a loser who lives in their mom's basement.
I would say because when you win, it raises your "self esteem" or at least raises your mood/makes you feel happy.
It gives you a sense of accomplishment that will elevate your mood thus making your day better. Why play a difficult game that challenges you and you can learn from it, but also pisses you off and raises your stress level?
This is why MMOs are becomming watered down I believe. Easiness allows people to win, and by winning they stay happy, and by staying happy, they continue to play the game (Until they realize they have beaten everything possible, then start complaining ((thus reducing all that previous happiness and raising stress levels))...until the new flavor of the month comes out.
Also, facebook games seem to be non-commiting type games. You don't have a guild which causes you drama, you aren't obligated to join a group and raid a dungeon for 1-6 hours. It's a simple hop in, have a little fun, get something "accomplished" then log out and go about your day.
Just my opinion/speculation.
I am entitled to my opinions, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
Why do people buy dvds instead of going to the movies?
Why do people play games instead of going outside?
Hmm not so sure about that one.
You use a microwave oven because you don't seek a challenge in heating food. You text rather than call because the primary point is ease of communication, not some arbitrary challenge in and of the communication itself.
Quite how the examples you have given can be compared to a medium in which you are actively seeking to 'progress', 'beat a level' or 'achieve a goal', i.e' seek a challenge, I am not so sure about.
People don't buy a film to be 'challenged' in loading it up. But I have to question the point in a game with little to know challenge. Loggin on and chatting to someone isn't a game. Logging on and cakewalking through everthing is a pointless game.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Why do people buy dvds instead of going to the movies?
Why do people play games instead of going outside?
Hmm not so sure about that one.
You use a microwave oven because you don't seek a challenge in heating food. You text rather than call because the primary point is ease of communication, not some arbitrary challenge in and of the communication itself.
Quite how the examples you have given can be compared to a medium in which you are actively seeking to 'progress', 'beat a level' or 'achieve a goal', i.e' seek a challenge, I am not so sure about.
People don't buy a film to be 'challenged' in loading it up. But I have to question the point in a game with little to know challenge. Loggin on and chatting to someone isn't a game. Logging on and cakewalking through everthing is a pointless game.
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
You seem to be mistaking 'easy' with 'quick'.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
You seem to be mistaking 'easy' with 'quick'.
No I'm not because both are most often than not associated with the word: convenient
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
You seem to be mistaking 'easy' with 'quick'.
No I'm not because both are most often than not associated with the word: convenient
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
You seem to be mistaking 'easy' with 'quick'.
No I'm not because both are most often than not associated with the word: convenient
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
Aparently they have different levels of difficulty in that too. Hey! Just like facebook games.
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
And that was his first mistake in assuming he knew why people play.
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
Aparently they have different levels of difficulty in that too. Hey! Just like facebook games.
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
And that was his first mistake in assuming he knew why people play.
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
I've made no mistake, the reason they are doing it is pretty much just to kill time, with little to no effort. Which is fair enough, although pointless in terms of 'a game'. What I questioned was your microwave analogy, which is still incorrect btw.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
Aparently they have different levels of difficulty in that too. Hey! Just like facebook games.
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
And that was his first mistake in assuming he knew why people play.
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
Who's to say. I don't know how many find it difficult or not. All I know is it is convenient and fun for a lot of folks. You're assuming that there is only 1 or 2 facebook games in existance. And that's where you'd be wrong. There are hundreds of games people play through facebook and they are as varied in difficulty as any genre.
I've made no mistake, the reason they are doing it is pretty much just to kill time, with little to no effort. Which is fair enough, although pointless in terms of 'a game'. What I questioned was your microwave analogy, which is still incorrect btw.
So you don't believe people use microwaves because they're more convenient to use than a oven? Or is it you don't think people find it easier or quicker to use a microwave than reheating something in the oven? I mean both of these things are common knowledge as to why microwaves have caught on as they have you know. But oh well, if you want to continue to believe that people don't use them for the convenience they offer then so be it.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
Aparently they have different levels of difficulty in that too. Hey! Just like facebook games.
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
And that was his first mistake in assuming he knew why people play.
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
Who's to say. I don't know how many find it difficult or not. All I know is it is convenient and fun for a lot of folks. You're assuming that there is only 1 or 2 facebook games in existance. And that's where you'd be wrong. There are hundreds of games people play through facebook and they are as varied in difficulty as any genre.
I've made no mistake, the reason they are doing it is pretty much just to kill time, with little to no effort. Which is fair enough, although pointless in terms of 'a game'. What I questioned was your microwave analogy, which is still incorrect btw.
So you don't believe people use microwaves because they're more convenient to use than a oven? Or is it you don't think people find it easier or quicker to use a microwave than reheating something in the oven? I mean both of these things are common knowledge as to why microwaves have caught on as they have you know. But oh well, if you want to continue to believe that people don't use them for the convenience they offer then so be it.
You really can't see the difference between using a microwave and playing a game? There is a difference between using a medium to casually pass the time, and using an object to speed up a specfic process.
People don't think 'ooh i've got five minutes to kill i'll pop something in the microwave and watch it'. I'm sorry but your comparison was pretty poor. You can have difficult and convenient games. The op seems to be against games with no challenge and I ahve to agree with him.
Again your confusing 'ease' with 'convenience'. Would agame of solitaire with with only 3 cards be convenient because you don't have to think about it? No it would be stupid.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
I play a mix of games on Facebook, but mainly while I am doing something else. When I play a game like Restaurant City or FrontierVille, it's not like I am playing a game that I expect to be challenged in. It's more like a toy or a make-believe game. If I am playing something like Pet Society or YoVille, that's sort of like playing with a doll house. Those games aren't challenging, but they are kind of fun in a different way, especially if you're not in the position to play a "real" game at that particular moment. If that's not your thing, that's not your thing, and that's ok.
On the other hand, I do play some Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz on Facebook too, and my friends keep setting the competition bar higher and higher. That's a Facebook game, but how easy it is depends on how much you care about your ranking vs. your friends.
And I sometimes play Fortune League, which is a sort of similar to Fantasy Football, only based around a party for a quest, where the stats are based on what's going on in EQ2. That's mainly a 10 minutes a day to set up your party and/or make trades to maximize your party based on what the quest says. At first, I set my party randomly, based on what races and classes I liked, but that was a disaster. It's not a difficult game, but a little thought makes it go a lot better. XD
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
Aparently they have different levels of difficulty in that too. Hey! Just like facebook games.
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
And that was his first mistake in assuming he knew why people play.
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
Who's to say. I don't know how many find it difficult or not. All I know is it is convenient and fun for a lot of folks. You're assuming that there is only 1 or 2 facebook games in existance. And that's where you'd be wrong. There are hundreds of games people play through facebook and they are as varied in difficulty as any genre.
I've made no mistake, the reason they are doing it is pretty much just to kill time, with little to no effort. Which is fair enough, although pointless in terms of 'a game'. What I questioned was your microwave analogy, which is still incorrect btw.
So you don't believe people use microwaves because they're more convenient to use than a oven? Or is it you don't think people find it easier or quicker to use a microwave than reheating something in the oven? I mean both of these things are common knowledge as to why microwaves have caught on as they have you know. But oh well, if you want to continue to believe that people don't use them for the convenience they offer then so be it.
You really can't see the difference between using a microwave and playing a game? There is a difference between using a medium to casually pass the time, and using an object to speed up a specfic process.
People don't think 'ooh i've got five minutes to kill i'll pop something in the microwave and watch it'. I'm sorry but your comparison was pretty poor. You can have difficult and convenient games. The op seems to be against games with no challenge and I ahve to agree with him.
Again your confusing 'ease' with 'convenience'. Would agame of solitaire with with only 3 cards be convenient because you don't have to think about it? No it would be stupid.
Wow you don't draw parallels very well do you?
Of course people don't think "ooh I've got five minutes to kill I'll pop something in the microwave and watch it." But they do think: "Damn these leftovers would taste better if I reheated them in the oven, but I've only got 5 minutes so I'll pop it in the microwave."
Or to draw parallels:
"ooh I've got 5 minutes to kill before this skype meeting, guess I'll check my progress on <insert facebook game> instead of loading up <insert mmo>."
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
Wow you don't draw parallels very well do you?
Of course people don't think "ooh I've got five minutes to kill I'll pop something in the microwave and watch it." But they do think: "Damn these leftovers would taste better if I reheated them in the oven, but I've only got 5 minutes so I'll pop it in the microwave."
Or to draw parallels:
"ooh I've got 5 minutes to kill before this skype meeting, guess I'll check my progress on instead of loading up ."
suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
2.
at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation.
3.
Obsolete . fitting; suitable.
Care to explain your meaning of the word?
Convenient, meaning ease at a specific task they are not really interested in but need time complete you mean.
It is convenient and easy to microwave food because the enjoyment of the food is to be had in the eating, not in the microwaving. It is convenient to text as opposed to make a call because it is easier to acomplish the over all task of communicating with someone via text, not because they simply want to text.
Now lets look at killing time and games. It would be easier to play a jigsaw with only three pieces, but would there be a point to it?
The means to the end is in the process not in the outcome. Which makes a mockery of the microwave analogy.
Making a game easier does not make it more convenient. Making a game more accessible makes it more convenient.
A microwave is a convenient tool to achieve and objective, a game is the object within itself. If you want to kill time with no challenge or thought at all, sit there and stare at your microwave. To make the game totally easy reduces the point of the game to zero.
The next time you look up an online dictionary, perhaps you should look up 'shovel', it may help you dig your way out of the hole you have gotten yourself in.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Of course people don't think "ooh I've got five minutes to kill I'll pop something in the microwave and watch it." But they do think: "Damn these leftovers would taste better if I reheated them in the oven, but I've only got 5 minutes so I'll pop it in the microwave."
Or to draw parallels:
"ooh I've got 5 minutes to kill before this skype meeting, guess I'll check my progress on instead of loading up ."
suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
2.
at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation.
3.
Obsolete . fitting; suitable.
Care to explain your meaning of the word?
Convenient, meaning ease at a specific task they are not really interested in but need time complete you mean.
(That underlined part is your assumption not mine. Sometimes I play browser based games because they are more convenient than firing up a mmo. Time saving.)
It is convenient and easy to microwave food because the enjoyment of the food is to be had in the eating, not in the microwaving.
(What are you smoking? It's convenient and easy to microwave food because of it's design and function. Ease)
It is convenient to text as opposed to make a call because it is easier to acomplish the over all task of communicating with someone via text, not because they simply want to text.
(Last time I checked it was easier to talk than type, at least for most people. The convenience comes in when the person receiving the text has to recall something he may have forgotten if told verbally.)
Now lets look at killing time and games. It would be easier to play a jigsaw with only three pieces, but would there be a point to it?
(What exactly are you trying to point out here? Who cares what the point is. It damn sure would be convenient though not having to pick up so many pieces. Time saving and ease)
The means to the end is in the process not in the outcome. Which makes a mockery of the microwave analogy.
(When did I say it was a analogy? It was a parallel using a common daily ritual in order for the OP to draw his own conclusion by association. In other words, answer his own question by answering a familiar one.)
Making a game easier does not make it more convenient. Making a game more accessible makes it more convenient.
(Say I told you to move 100 lbs of rock from the frontyard to the backyard with a bucket. You tell be it's going to take you a while so I borrow a wheelbarrel for you to use. I have made the job more convenient for you without changing anything but the tools you were using. Does it not make the job easier as well?)
A microwave is a convenient tool to achieve and objective, a game is the object within itself. If you want to kill time with no challenge or thought at all, sit there and stare at your microwave. To make the game totally easy reduces the point of the game to zero.
(Wow you just miss the point of your own parallels. The use of Facebook is the convenient tool here. The games itself are the various objects that have a range of difficulties. He did ask why do people play absurdly easy FACEBOOK games. Obviously they are convenient (using through facebook) and fun (varies from user to user) The game being easy has nothing to do with how you percieve it. Or your quality scale.)
The next time you look up an online dictionary, perhaps you should look up 'shovel', it may help you dig your way out of the hole you have gotten yourself in.
I won't even entertain your last statement as I do not wish to be drawn into anything other than explaining my point.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
becuase the games in facebook is so easy. you only just click and click and you can now play any kinds of game in there. facebook for a really gamer is really boring. but for some the facebook games is convient to anyone.
Question: Why do people play absurdly easy facebook games?
Possible Answer = Because they enjoy them?
I´m not into them but why care why some other person might enjoy something I or OP or anyone else might not enjoy?
I'm the OP. The reason why I care is because I am a game developer and I am starting work on a facebook game that would not be as easy as so many of the others. I realize this will not appeal to the true "casual gamer" who doesn't have the time for a more involved game. I'm hoping there are enough people out there who will be interested to make it worthwhile.
I was not just expressing discontent with competing games. I was trying to understand the market better. Thanks for the input, everyone. It has helped, though it was mostly what I expected. Still, it's one thing for me to guess the reason. It's a whole lot better to confirm it by getting comments from a lot of facebook game players. Thanks everyone.
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Shawn- i didnt think it was directed to me or nothing personnal. I hear where you are coming from. But not everyone with wife and kids play games to get away. Its cool, I am fortunate to have what i have and play video games lol. Best of Luck
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Instead of calling us fortunate souls who make enough money not to have to work all the time school kids, he could have just said that not everyone has enough time to play an MMO.
Not everyone who plays a lot of mmos is a school kid or a loser who lives in their mom's basement.
Cut the personal attacks, guys. Even if the idea is a valid one, it doesn't matter if you don't consider the way you phrase it.
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I am sure the facebook crowd wonders
"Why do those people burn their time and years away playing games that lock them out of the real world"
The answer is simply because people can and they will. People play what they will and get their enjoyment out of it.
Why do people play absurdly easy MMOs? WoW / RIFT and other heads of the hydra are on par with Farmville.
Perhaps they enjoy it? Why do you play the games that you play?
I would say because when you win, it raises your "self esteem" or at least raises your mood/makes you feel happy.
It gives you a sense of accomplishment that will elevate your mood thus making your day better. Why play a difficult game that challenges you and you can learn from it, but also pisses you off and raises your stress level?
This is why MMOs are becomming watered down I believe. Easiness allows people to win, and by winning they stay happy, and by staying happy, they continue to play the game (Until they realize they have beaten everything possible, then start complaining ((thus reducing all that previous happiness and raising stress levels))...until the new flavor of the month comes out.
Also, facebook games seem to be non-commiting type games. You don't have a guild which causes you drama, you aren't obligated to join a group and raid a dungeon for 1-6 hours. It's a simple hop in, have a little fun, get something "accomplished" then log out and go about your day.
Just my opinion/speculation.
I am entitled to my opinions, misspellings, and grammatical errors.
If you want to know the answer then answer these:
Why do people use microwaves instead of ovens?
Why do people text rather than call?
Why do people buy dvds instead of going to the movies?
Why do people play games instead of going outside?
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
Hmm not so sure about that one.
You use a microwave oven because you don't seek a challenge in heating food. You text rather than call because the primary point is ease of communication, not some arbitrary challenge in and of the communication itself.
Quite how the examples you have given can be compared to a medium in which you are actively seeking to 'progress', 'beat a level' or 'achieve a goal', i.e' seek a challenge, I am not so sure about.
People don't buy a film to be 'challenged' in loading it up. But I have to question the point in a game with little to know challenge. Loggin on and chatting to someone isn't a game. Logging on and cakewalking through everthing is a pointless game.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
Wow way to overthink it... the simple answer is convenience.
It's more convenient to nuke something rather than heating up an oven
It's more convenient to send a text rather that calling sometimes.
It's more convenient to buy/rent a movie than plan a outting.
It's more convenient to chill inside than find something to do outside.
And maybe it's sometimes more convenient to play a quick game on facebook rather than installing a full game on school, work or a PC that you don't own.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You seem to be mistaking 'easy' with 'quick'.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
There are never any black and white answers to assumptions about gaming preferences.
People play FB games, and other free flash games because, contrary to this board's grognard base, MMOs are STILL too hardcore for most people.
No I'm not because both are most often than not associated with the word: convenient
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You can have a convenient and quick, challenging game, sudoku perhaps?
The OP was commenting on the ease of a game, not on how quick it was to access.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
So maybe facebook games are like sudoku, various levels of convenience and fun for all types of people. Doesn't seem so hard to figure out.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
The difference in difficulty is for the game to provide a challenge to different levels of skill. It is questionable as to whether certain online games are there to pose a challenge to anybody of any 'skill' level. They are merely a case of going through the motions with chat.
I've made no mistake, the reason they are doing it is pretty much just to kill time, with little to no effort. Which is fair enough, although pointless in terms of 'a game'. What I questioned was your microwave analogy, which is still incorrect btw.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
You really can't see the difference between using a microwave and playing a game? There is a difference between using a medium to casually pass the time, and using an object to speed up a specfic process.
People don't think 'ooh i've got five minutes to kill i'll pop something in the microwave and watch it'. I'm sorry but your comparison was pretty poor. You can have difficult and convenient games. The op seems to be against games with no challenge and I ahve to agree with him.
Again your confusing 'ease' with 'convenience'. Would agame of solitaire with with only 3 cards be convenient because you don't have to think about it? No it would be stupid.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
I play a mix of games on Facebook, but mainly while I am doing something else. When I play a game like Restaurant City or FrontierVille, it's not like I am playing a game that I expect to be challenged in. It's more like a toy or a make-believe game. If I am playing something like Pet Society or YoVille, that's sort of like playing with a doll house. Those games aren't challenging, but they are kind of fun in a different way, especially if you're not in the position to play a "real" game at that particular moment. If that's not your thing, that's not your thing, and that's ok.
On the other hand, I do play some Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz on Facebook too, and my friends keep setting the competition bar higher and higher. That's a Facebook game, but how easy it is depends on how much you care about your ranking vs. your friends.
And I sometimes play Fortune League, which is a sort of similar to Fantasy Football, only based around a party for a quest, where the stats are based on what's going on in EQ2. That's mainly a 10 minutes a day to set up your party and/or make trades to maximize your party based on what the quest says. At first, I set my party randomly, based on what races and classes I liked, but that was a disaster. It's not a difficult game, but a little thought makes it go a lot better. XD
Wow you don't draw parallels very well do you?
Of course people don't think "ooh I've got five minutes to kill I'll pop something in the microwave and watch it." But they do think: "Damn these leftovers would taste better if I reheated them in the oven, but I've only got 5 minutes so I'll pop it in the microwave."
Or to draw parallels:
"ooh I've got 5 minutes to kill before this skype meeting, guess I'll check my progress on <insert facebook game> instead of loading up <insert mmo>."
And for convenient meaning ease:
con·ven·ient
–adjective
1.
suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
2.
at hand; easily accessible: Their house is convenient to all transportation.
3.
Obsolete . fitting; suitable.
Care to explain your meaning of the word?
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
Convenient, meaning ease at a specific task they are not really interested in but need time complete you mean.
It is convenient and easy to microwave food because the enjoyment of the food is to be had in the eating, not in the microwaving. It is convenient to text as opposed to make a call because it is easier to acomplish the over all task of communicating with someone via text, not because they simply want to text.
Now lets look at killing time and games. It would be easier to play a jigsaw with only three pieces, but would there be a point to it?
The means to the end is in the process not in the outcome. Which makes a mockery of the microwave analogy.
Making a game easier does not make it more convenient. Making a game more accessible makes it more convenient.
A microwave is a convenient tool to achieve and objective, a game is the object within itself. If you want to kill time with no challenge or thought at all, sit there and stare at your microwave. To make the game totally easy reduces the point of the game to zero.
The next time you look up an online dictionary, perhaps you should look up 'shovel', it may help you dig your way out of the hole you have gotten yourself in.
"Come and have a look at what you could have won."
I won't even entertain your last statement as I do not wish to be drawn into anything other than explaining my point.
"Small minds talk about people, average minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas."
becuase the games in facebook is so easy. you only just click and click and you can now play any kinds of game in there. facebook for a really gamer is really boring. but for some the facebook games is convient to anyone.
I'm the OP. The reason why I care is because I am a game developer and I am starting work on a facebook game that would not be as easy as so many of the others. I realize this will not appeal to the true "casual gamer" who doesn't have the time for a more involved game. I'm hoping there are enough people out there who will be interested to make it worthwhile.
I was not just expressing discontent with competing games. I was trying to understand the market better. Thanks for the input, everyone. It has helped, though it was mostly what I expected. Still, it's one thing for me to guess the reason. It's a whole lot better to confirm it by getting comments from a lot of facebook game players. Thanks everyone.