Netbooks: The Next Gaming Platform
Netbooks represent a huge opportunity for MUDs, casual games, web games, etc. The platform is very well suited to those types of games. I wrote an article about the topic:
If you notice, I managed to work a link and a mention for TopMudSites in the article.
I'd really like to see MUDs make an effort to really move into this area. They are so well suited to the netbook platform - low hardware specs, primarily keyboard based interface, casual style use, users tend to be more into typing/reading/writing.
This is definitely an opportunity for smaller, independent game developers to grab some market attention. At the end of 2009, there should be 50+ million netbook owners. That is a gigantic installed base of users with hardware best suited to low-tech, gameplay oriented games rather than technology pushing games like L4D, Crysis, etc.
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