| Online games are becoming more popular with each | | | | to the mainstream console games which currently |
| passing year. As more people connect to the internet | | | | dominate the market. Shockwave and Java are tools |
| and install Shockwave or Java on their computers, a | | | | that have allowed many people to cost effectively |
| huge market will open up for free online games. The | | | | produce free online games. |
| prices on computers are dropping, and this means | | | | As the graphics, gameplay, and storylines of these |
| that more people with have access to independent | | | | games continue to improve, more people will play |
| games. Many seasoned gamers are annoyed by the | | | | them. While the PC game market declined at the end |
| politics which often exist in large video game | | | | of the 1990s, it is expected that independent online |
| companies. | | | | games will fill this void. Multiplayer online games should |
| Many gamers are also looking for games which allow | | | | be free or very cheap to play. Because the cost to |
| them to interact with other players. Even with the | | | | produce them is so low, there is no reason why |
| success of online fighting games, many developers | | | | players should have pay $60 to buy one game. The |
| have not bothered to create them. MMORPGs are | | | | low cost trend for online games can be seen at the |
| becoming more popular than ever before. Players | | | | Shockwave website, where they charge as littles as |
| want to interact with each other and create their | | | | $9.95 for a game. |
| own identities in the digital world. This is the direction | | | | Many online games can be downloaded directly onto |
| in which I believe free online games are headed | | | | your computer. There is no need to go out to the |
| today. As the internet becomes more widely used, | | | | store or order them through the mail. The games are |
| people want interaction more than graphics. | | | | available to play as soon as you download them. In |
| Because the video game market of today is so | | | | addition to interactivity, people want things quickly. |
| saturated, the cost of these games have dramatically | | | | We live in a society in which virtually everything |
| decreased. It doesn't cost much money to develope | | | | moves fast. When people want to play games, they |
| a quality game if you know where to look. This will | | | | want them as soon as possible. This is a demand that |
| open the door for many independent game | | | | free online games can meet. |
| companies to design games which are an alternative | | | | |