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Video-game players are returning to an old technology to get their dopamine fix: websites.<\/p>\n

While much of the US$189 billion video-game industry is stagnant or shrinking, the appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr and chess is soaring. Sales for such titles \u2013 advertising and the sums players spend on in-game items \u2013 were expected to triple from 2021 to 2028, reaching US$3.09 billion, according to data from Google and Kantar, a market researcher.<\/p>\n

The reason is simple: for time-pressed people, visiting a website \u2013 whether on a PC or a mobile phone \u2013 is fast and easy. No one has to boot up a console or download an app, and games can be picked up at any time, at home or between work shifts. Game creators can keep more of their proceeds by cutting out revenue-skimming app store owners and by attracting their own advertisers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewcomers are coming to the web,\u201d says Dmitry Kachmar, founder of the web-games company Playgama, an online mall for browser titles that is based in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. Developers \u201cdon\u2019t need publishers. It\u2019s easier to get traffic,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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The appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr is soaring. Photo: Instagram\/geoguessr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Easy access to web games partly explains the success of intergenerational hits like The New York Times\u2019 Wordle<\/span>, which was originally posted on its own website. Microsoft\u2019s LinkedIn and Reddit have followed suit with trivia and puzzle games like Sudoku.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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