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Fallout Shelter – How a Casual Game Won Over Hardcore Players – Extra Credits

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The Fallout Shelter app’s breakout success took everyone, including Bethesda, by surprise. It’s a casual, free-to-play game – exactly what many hardcore players hate – but it became so popular that its revenue overtook Candy Crush! Why does this game succeed where other hardcore-into-casual games like Bioware’s Heroes of Dragon Age or EA’s Dungeon Keeper reboot failed?
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