Tabletop miniature
games have their niche, but they sit somewhere near the top of the nerd totem pole.
This game has niche written all over it, because not only is it a two - player only experience but it requires two microphones (or Xbox Live headsets) to play, but is still very much worth a look.
Some people say that anime
games have a niche following, and while that may be true, that group is loyal.
Keep in mind
this game has niche appeal, so only anime lovers or fans of JRPGs looking for something different should buy this game.
Not exact matches
Whether you're creating something that already
has an audience — a new version of a popular video
game, an upgrade to a current product — or developing something new that targets a
niche crowd, you'll want to uncover and tap into specific communities before you launch your business campaign.
With the advent of the smartphone came a boon for the gaming industry, and new
niches within the indie - gaming scene
have created a whole new lens through which
games can be viewed; we are more aware than ever that
games can teach us or exist as experiential art in addition to the entertainment they provide.
Heidi Messer, an entrepreneur who holds all - female poker
games that
have introduced early - stage female investors to female entrepreneurs, cautions those who write off these types of companies as
niche players.
From there, growth
has never been far from the agenda at Vox Media, which now operates eight
niche media brands, including Polygon for
gamers, Vox for political newshounds, and Racked for fashionistas.
Over the last several years, eSports
have gone from from a
niche activity among small pockets of
gamers to a full - fledged phenomenon.
Part of the company's challenge
has been the likes of McDonald's and Starbucks stepping up their
game in Canada, while newer entrants to the lucrative breakfast
niche like Subway and Wendy's also try to get a taste.
A lot of that
has to do with the masterly media and marketing
game she's been playing, pivoting from
niche entertainer to unlikely global household name in a sort of product launch (or product relaunch) of blockbuster proportions.
Indie restaurants
have filled this
niche in the past, but mainstream restaurants are getting in the
game.
I think you
have helped Bill Veeck find his
niche in baseball — the Louella Parsons of the
game.
In my opinion he looked very confident and reassured when he started the season, and he will now
have to up his
game a lot more to find his
niche in the Arsenal first XI.
Consequently the
niche for baby computer
games has developed and grown.
Social media
has been a
game changer for the
niche or downright odd candidates standing at general elections allowing them to reach a wider audience and, crucially, raise cash via crowd funding sites.
Annette Woolcock, development manager for BASC's Taste of
Game game meat promotion campaign, said: «The growth enjoyed by game meat in recent years has largely stemmed from niche products and increased availabil
Game game meat promotion campaign, said: «The growth enjoyed by game meat in recent years has largely stemmed from niche products and increased availabil
game meat promotion campaign, said: «The growth enjoyed by
game meat in recent years has largely stemmed from niche products and increased availabil
game meat in recent years
has largely stemmed from
niche products and increased availability.
In a
niche environment, you don't
have to play guessing
games or waste time chatting up unavailable women.
This type of
games is very popular in Japan and majority of the
games have been developed by the Japanese The popularity of these
games in Japan are borne out by the fact that they always find a
niche in the weekly top 10 charts.
After you
've gotten the hang of the online dating
game and want to take things to another level, you should consider migrating over to a
niche or specialized dating site.
Considering that a majority of people over the age of 40 at
have been out of the dating
game for a considerable amount of time and are now looking for ways to connect with one another; this is why an exclusive online dating platformlike MatureD focuses on a
niche to provide more convenient and exclusive service to people at such a stage in life.
Video
game magazines that I read regularly
would cover Japanese imports and
niche titles, but dating sims were merely a curiosity and nothing more.
The
game is
niche, but
has grown a cult following.
Strategy
games may be a
niche market on console, but Tethered genuinely
has its heart in the right place.
It's a
niche game, as all Slitherine projects are, but the publisher does
have a deep understanding of what makes for a quality, deep, strategy
game, and it
has applied the same expertise to the tactics sub-genre with impressive results.
A
Game of Dwarves could
have been a better revival of the genre that Dungeon Keeper started, but it's still a solid title and at $ 10, anyone in this particular
niche will get what they payed for.
Spiderweb Software's Vogel
would be the first to admit it's a
niche game for a
niche audience.
Mystery dungeon
games have always been sort of a
niche thing, but luckily, I
've learn to love them.
Adventure
games are a
niche corner of the market nowadays though and I doubt if this will
have broad appeal to attract the attention of anyone other than fans, but for fans this is pretty much all you could ask for.
With this episode, Strong Bad's Cool
Game 4 Attractive People
has gone from
niche product to required playing for any fan of adventure gaming.
Gaijin
Games has opened up its previously super
niche WiiWare
games extremely successfully into the wider world.
Monster Hunter
has always been much more popular in Japan than any other territory, but World could potentially be the
game that elevates it from
niche Western franchise to verified worldwide hit.
For those of you who don't, you
have to understand: This
game isn't
niche, it's the
game that
niche games think about when they want to feel mainstream.
Finding multiplayer matches
has been pretty slow, especially once you stray from the Team Deathmatch wheelhouse to more
niche modes, and the population is pitiful compared to even years - old
games like Left 4 Dead 2 and Payday 2, let alone thriving communities like Rainbow Six: Siege.
The series will premiere exclusively on Rooster Teeth's streaming service, which launched in 2016 and
has attracted 250,000 subscribers with original content geared for a
niche gamer audience.
While there were certainly excellent console - like experiences crafted for the portable — Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Killzone: Mercenary spring to mind — it
has since transitioned into a
niche handheld with a robust library of indie
games and JRPG's.
Like most other
niche racing titles I
've played, Monster Energy Supercross abandons some of the standard racing
game tropes to attempt to make their racing
game more true to life.
Moon Hunters
has no online mode which is a massive missed opportunity in a fairly
niche game that's all about cooperation.
The
game is nowhere near what it should be in comparison to current standards and norms in development, but the
niche subject matter
has a great appeal to me personally, and the developers
have wisely included some new tweaks to the formula that helped stave off the grinding I was afraid was coming.
We don't really
have a zombie - driving
game around at the moment, and The Following plugs this
niche perfectly.
Yesterday, Sunny Tam (creator of Danmaku Unlimited 3) announced that so far, the launch on Nintendo Switch
had been the most successful so far (though it's still in «
niche game territory»).
Though Hatsune Miku — and vocaloids, really — haven't caught on as much in the West, Sega
has continued to bring the
games over for a
niche but passionate audience.
The publisher
has announced three new
games for North America and Europe, and all three should appeal to the aforementioned
niche crowd.
Funcom
has much content to add to the
game and many technical issues to address, but there is clearly the opportunity for Conan Exiles to carve a unique
niche in a crowded genre.
Built by Platinum Games, the JRPG was painted as a rather
niche title — A year later, the
game has sold approximately 2.5 million copies, smashing publisher Square Enix's expectations.
Interestingly, Sony
has called it a «
niche device» and people who appreciate it
have an «eclectic taste in
games.»
The enhancement doesn't bring sweeping graphical changes, so don't expect Red Dead Redemption to look like a
game released this year — just wait for Red Dead Redemption 2 to fill that
niche — since that
would require extensive work on the in -
game assets that isn't feasible.
That said, of the
games that
have been announced, a surprising number of them appeal to my very specific, highly
niche tastes.
These are great but
niche games that ultimately
have a far more restricted audience than peers like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.
If anything, it might just inspire Souls veterans who
have since moved on to other gaming pursuits (maybe more recent Souls
games like Bloodborne or Dark Souls 3) to revisit the
game which propelled the Souls series from a
niche interest into a worldwide phenomenon.