We’ve unveiled VentureBeat’s picks for the 10 best video games of the holiday season. And this year’s picks really show how much the $20 million U.S. gaming market has changed in the past year. The growing influence of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and mobile gaming experiences such as the iPhone are clear to see. These games have great single-player experiences, but many of them also have excellent social sharing and multiplayer experiences too, a factor that’s becoming increasingly important in this market.
Another trend we’re seeing in games is that the more beautiful they get the more complex and harder to play they are. But users have no time to learn how to do something that is difficult when it should be easy. So what we’re seeing in the market now is a simplifying of the user interface. If you start out simple, you can take your player into intricate game mechanics and sophisticated stories.
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