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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Mobile gaming struggling
It's the good old "people use voice and text messaging, but nothing else" syndrome that prevails, and hurts mobile gaming among other things. There's a big gap between the reality of everyday people and the outlooks of research institutes and the mobile industry. Anyway...
One reason for mobile gaming not taking off (even though I personally think it's the mobile content with the most value) is almost complete lack of marketing, also that game download sites are too hard to navigate, etc.
I don't think the door-opener is flat rate, as mentioned in the article, as the cost of mobile games is already very low compared to PC and console versions (even when comparing to GBA and similar devices). Maybe rather that you buy the "pig in the sack" not really knowing what you will get. Hence, game review sites, that also tell users how to actually download games, and where users can discuss what they think about different games, would be beneficial. Gamespot has a section for mobile games (mainly Java-based): Gamespot Mobile
For the last point I've started a discussion forum at Abiro - Forums where you can discuss what you think about the games at Abiro - Mobile Fun.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Uphill struggle for mobile gaming
One reason for mobile gaming not taking off (even though I personally think it's the mobile content with the most value) is almost complete lack of marketing, also that game download sites are too hard to navigate, etc.
I don't think the door-opener is flat rate, as mentioned in the article, as the cost of mobile games is already very low compared to PC and console versions (even when comparing to GBA and similar devices). Maybe rather that you buy the "pig in the sack" not really knowing what you will get. Hence, game review sites, that also tell users how to actually download games, and where users can discuss what they think about different games, would be beneficial. Gamespot has a section for mobile games (mainly Java-based): Gamespot Mobile
For the last point I've started a discussion forum at Abiro - Forums where you can discuss what you think about the games at Abiro - Mobile Fun.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Uphill struggle for mobile gaming
