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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Mobile gaming is 'over', says Atari founder
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/39 ... -bushnell/

It'll carry on for a few years at least, but even streaming/playing it on your TV won't save it unless they can find some way of promoting the games better. Most sink without trace. And the notion that full-on AAA dev teams are gonna spring up because of a tablet's processing power doesn't reflect the business at all.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mobile gaming is 'over', says Atari founder
I can't see the link (works firewall), but:
How can mobile gaming be over, it's, well, mobile. Mobile games are good for playing while you're travelling. I'd have thought mobile gaming at throw away prices, like current Android/iOS games are, would be the future. As opposed to £50 AAA titles.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Mar 28, 2013 4:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Mobile gaming is 'over', says Atari founder
Quote:
"Do I really want to do a mobile game that's one of 300,000, where discoverability is everything? You really have to have a little more sizzle on the steak. I would rather be one of 100 apps for Google Glass than one of 300,000 for iOS and Android."

I think that he might have a point, but even Angry Birds had to start somewhere. If the game is good enough it will get picked as one of the staff favourites on iTunes, that does boost sales. Though I that as such it is a lot hard to make money from being one of the masses unless your game stands out.

Quote:
Bushnell's claims come in the wake of a tirade of industry comments suggesting that the opposite is true: that mobile games will thrive and it is the console business that is doomed.

With the consoles looking like they will try and kill second hand games they might actually kill the console themselves. In which case mobile gaming with Android and iOS taking the bulk of gamers will be norm. Though Mobile Gaming will also envision a move away from portable devices like the PSP and more towards phones.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Mar 28, 2013 12:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Mobile gaming is 'over', says Atari founder
l3v1ck wrote:
I can't see the link (works firewall), but:
How can mobile gaming be over, it's, well, mobile. Mobile games are good for playing while you're travelling. I'd have thought mobile gaming at throw away prices, like current Android/iOS games are, would be the future. As opposed to £50 AAA titles.


He's talking around the industry gimps claiming/implying that the console is dead, mobile's the future etc. He's suggesting it might have peaked. The latest Rovio game 'flopped' comparatively apparently (as it would do, :| ), and the Infinity Blade studio closed IIRC...
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