What are consumer games? Explaining the difference between consumer games and social games and the future outlook from a

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Have you ever heard of the term "consumer games"? If you are interested in the game industry, you may have heard that the market size of consumer games has expanded due to the stay-at-home demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained high since 2020.

The term "consumer games" is often heard in business contexts, but it is not very familiar to average game users.

So, in this article, we will explain what a consumer game is, the meaning of the word, the history of consumer games, the current situation and future prospects. We will also introduce some tips for those who are interested in working in the game industry on how to work at a company that releases consumer games.

table of contents

What is a consumer game?
History of Consumer Games
Will consumer games disappear?
Future demand for consumer games
How can I change jobs to a company that releases consumer games?
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What is a consumer game?
What is a consumer game?
"Consumer games" is a general term for computer game consoles and game software sold for home and individual use. Also called "home game consoles," there are "stationary" game consoles that are connected to a television and played, and "portable" game consoles that can be carried around and played anywhere.

In Japan, to distinguish game consoles and software sold to general consumers from commercial arcade games, they are called consumer games, adding the word "consumer" to the term. In English, they are called "console games," and even in Japan, foreign companies tend to use the term console games.

Since consumer games are played on game consoles, they can process more data than social games, and many of them have better image and sound quality. Also, unlike social games and online games that can be phone number library updated at any time, consumer games are sold as a package, so they are carefully created in advance.

This means that the games themselves need to be more complex and interesting, and the budgets and teams involved in production are larger. Consumer games, which are created by many creators over a long period of time and using the latest technology, can be said to be the pinnacle of gaming.

Note that the term "consumer games" is sometimes used to refer only to stationary game consoles that are played on a television, but in this article we will also include portable game consoles.

Differences between social games and smartphone games
Social games and smartphone games are games that are provided online. The main differences between them and consumer games are as follows: