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11/18/08
It's like mobile gaming is console videogaming's ugly,weird,not showering cousin. Sure they can get dates here and there that is until women realize the real deal is just around the corner.
Wasn't it just last week when some "analyst" said that console,handhelds are going the way of the Dodo compared to casual,mobile games? Not so hot right now I bet.
Java can only do so much. It's not like they can compete with the DS or the PSP in terms of toolset and whatnot. Then again except for maybe the iPhone. I guess they're targeting people who are casual gamers. Wait. Come to think of it, I don't know anyone who purchases games for their mobile phones. The casual gamers I know has a PSP or DS (though they only have like 1-2 games that they play over and over).
11/18/08
Porting to a bazillion handsets, distribution, budgets and carrier/developer relationships all doomed this market. It was never, ever an easy endeavor unless you were Jamdat or Gameloft.