Category
Tech
Delegated Interfaces
Trend cluster
Category
Participatory
Gaming
Looking to customize play, users turn to games that require personal input.
2.3
Trend score
Trend
What is the Participatory Gaming trend?
Participatory Gaming: As the DIY phenomenon continues to dominate, consumers are becoming more adamant about personal input, resulting in a desire for more customizable sources of everyday entertainment. Seeking to add personal touches to traditional sources of play, consumers are turning to video games that are based on user contribution, speaking to a desire for community involvement and a sense of belonging.
Trend themes
Themes within the Participatory Gaming trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Participatory Gaming
The desire for personalized input from consumers is creating a demand for user-contributed video games, allowing for community involvement and a sense of belonging.
02
Interactive Storytelling
The use of spatial storytelling technology to create touchless musical instruments, and webcam-controlled gaming avatars, is offering a new dimension to gaming, creating innovative and realistic user experiences.
03
Customizable Gaming Platforms
Customizable video game platforms like Mario Maker are changing the way gamers interact, encouraging user-generated content, and offering opportunities across diverse industries with game-based learning, data analytics insights, and social media content creation.
Industry implications
What the Participatory Gaming trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Gaming
The gaming industry is experiencing a shift towards participatory, immersive, customizable experiences, offering opportunities in virtual reality, artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
For
Education
Interactive storytelling technology is being used in education to enhance student engagement and gamify learning, allowing for student-generated content, and personalized learning choices.
For
Marketing
Customizable gaming platforms and webcam-controlled gaming avatars are offering opportunities for social media content creation, gamification of marketing strategies, and data insights for customer profiling.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Participatory Gaming
Trend score 2.3 out of 10, from popularity 46%, activity 16%, freshness 8%.
Popularity46%
Activity16%
Freshness8%
Audience
70%Men
30%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X (not a primary audience)
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Evidence
Examples of the Participatory Gaming trend
6 featured examples from Oct 24, 2013 to Sep 17, 2014CategoryTech
Touchless Musical Apps
This Sensory iPhone App Translates Movement Into Music
Touchless musical apps, like Theremin I/O, enable new possibilities for musical expression without physical contact, creating opportunities for disruptive innovation in music prod…
CategoryTech
Customizable Platformer Games
Nintendo's Mario Maker Will Let You Build Your Own Levels
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating software tools for game designers to easily develop customizable games and user-friendly level creation interfaces.
CategoryUnique
Spatial Tablet Gaming Apps
'IDNA' Uses Spatial Story Telling for a New Kind of Gaming Experience
The gaming industry has the opportunity to incorporate spatial story telling and 360-degree gaming experiences into their products.
CategoryTech
Tailored Zombie Game Apps
Season Two of the Walking Dead App Adjusts Gameplay Based on Choices
Opportunity for mobile gaming companies to capitalize on the popularity of zombie-themed games.
CategoryTech
Webcam-Controlled Gaming Avatars
FaceRig Uses Your Expressions to Animate Gaming Characters
The gaming industry can leverage webcam-controlled avatar technology to enhance player immersion and interaction.
CategoryAutos
Reality-Infused Video Games
The Sports Drive Logger Infues Real Driver Data into a Video Game
The integration of real-life driving data into video games opens up new possibilities for the gaming industry to create more immersive and realistic experiences.
