Some of you might have noticed that I used an unusual word to refer to single-player videogames: it was my attempt at putting more emphasys on the player being alone when playing such games.
Of course one could play most single-player games with friends around, possibly because they are entertaining to just watch (I love watching...), or even switching with the player from time to time, competing or collaborating in some way.
However, there has been a long period during which the greater part of the videogame market was taken by solitary games, particularly those played on consoles - although on PC there were really few multi-player games outside of the online-enabled ones, but that's another issue altogether. Things are balancing out a bit now, but a lot of effort is still put on the development of solitary entertainment.
It's a bit funny when you consider that the first widespread electronic videogame was a game for two players.
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