Games on Mobile Phones

"For years now senior games industry figures and media analysts have predicted that mobile phone games will revolutionise the industry."

"Revenue from mobile games is predicted to grow by more than $5bn (£2.5bn) to about $7bn (£3.5bn) in the next five years, according to a report by Informa Telecoms and Media."

"Consoles usually have a lifetime of five to six years, giving games publishers a period of stability in which to develop titles and franchises.

But business models and technologies in mobile phones are constantly evolving, which means mobile developers face additional pressures in producing games for an ever-changing market. "


"Making use of mobile phone connectivity for multiplayer gaming is a current trend we can expect to see develop in the future, according to Chris White, European head of studio at Glu Mobile."

"Future mobile gaming could involve hours of immersive gameplay within mobile MMOs and realtime multiplayer games with gamers chatting while they play."


Women lead rush to mobile gaming

"Female wireless subscribers make up 65% of mobile phone game revenue, according to mobile research firm Telephia."

"It said that the "casual nature of mobile games provides tremendous appeal to women, who are not traditionally hardcore gamers".




Article from early 2006 "Troubled times for mobile games"

"In addition, buying games from a mobile was often a difficult and arduous process for consumers.

Mr Lasky also hit out at the quality of mobiles games, saying there were too just many poor games available. "

"A buzz phrase that echoed during the sessions was "one-button gameplay". This is the idea being that good games can be created that only require the player to use a single button."