Tiny Games For A Giant Market

BusinessWeek has a piece on mobile games…”Games industry researchers forecast that with nearly 2 billion phones capable of playing games by 2010, the industry could rake in as much as $18 billion, topping music ringtones and text messaging.”
It also brings up the problems facing the industry, such as dealing with carriers, a low purchase rate (cited at 4%) and porting costs.
“Researcher M:Metrics Inc. warns that market growth will slow unless things change. “Consumers are not finding games that appeal to them and are complaining that prices are too high,” says analyst Paul Goode, vice-president for product development at M:Metrics.”
Nothing new, but a good read for people wanting to keep up with the industry.

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