The problem with arcade like games on tablets and mobiles is that various attempts to crowbar console like controllers into the UI.
However, I expect that the elephant in the room is the in app purchase model when your progress is related to the purchase of in game currencies.
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| Quote: For users who did stick around, 53 percent of their total spending was done in their first week with the game. That said, the survey found that only 2.2 percent of users spend any money in mobile games, and that a tenth of those accounted for 46 percent of spending. Those figures line up closely with another survey published by Swrve in February, which found 50 percent of cash from in-app purchases came from 0.15 percent of players. | |
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Hmm - so the majority of people playing games don’t buy the “gems” or whatever they are called, but clearly a significant amount is made from games to make it a viable model.