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Is there a need for games on mobile devices?

stoffe · 2001-09-07T09:54:31

The tech-world is coming up with more and more mobile powerful devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. But perhaps more interesting are the combinations in between. The PDAs comes with integrated mobile phones, and the mobile phones are getting more and more PDA style functions. My question is if there is a need for games for these devices? Are they suited for gameplay? I''m not talking about WAP or SMS games, but real graphical animated games with typical games elements such as NPCs, Story, Networking and so on. Are the end-users willing to pay for these games and if so, how much? The reason for my question is that I believe there is a need, but I''m interested in what other people in the business think. Btw. I know games exist for the Palm and PocketPC devices, but you can hardly compare the existing market for PPC games with for example the existing market for Gameboy or GBA. /Kristoffer

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Started by stoffe August 28, 2001 01:52 AM

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mlambert

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September 07, 2001 09:54 AM

Well, the development company I work for has a partner who are doing PDA games (called ''I Wish...'') and those include a 3d flight simulator that looks and plays great, so it can be done well.

I''m sort of in the middle as far as those games go, they may sell well because they are a relatively new thing, but I do also think the real market is a couple of years away yet. I absolutely hate WAP games though, they are easy to build but crap to play!

Stick with the good ''ol GBA games for now though!

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