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Friday, September 30, 2005
Mobile gaming evolves to non-violence and social interaction
I'm wondering why there are so few multi-player mobile games out there, considering the following. Too high traffic fees?
Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate: One surprise is that the most popular games on phones are casual, nonviolent games played predominantly by women, a far cry from the norm in PC gaming, Glaser said.
...consumers have proved they will pay to interact with people. The success of voice, text messaging, and e-mail is evidence of this, he said.
IDC mobile device analyst David Linsalata agreed that interaction is a key driver for mobile games.
Yahoo! News - Cell Phone Games Evolve
Trip Hawkins, Digital Chocolate: One surprise is that the most popular games on phones are casual, nonviolent games played predominantly by women, a far cry from the norm in PC gaming, Glaser said.
...consumers have proved they will pay to interact with people. The success of voice, text messaging, and e-mail is evidence of this, he said.
IDC mobile device analyst David Linsalata agreed that interaction is a key driver for mobile games.
Yahoo! News - Cell Phone Games Evolve
