Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The 10 mobile gaming trends of 2010

Jon Jordan has written an insightful article at PocketGamer.biz on the direction of mobile gaming for this year, be it with iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile 7, or what have you.  What really got my attention is this:

4. Android is the new Java
Android is definitely happening but don't judge it against Apple and iPhone. Symbolically Android is the smartphone version of Java. This means fragmentation in terms of technology as well as devices, operators and app stores.
But don't forget that for more than five years, Java generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue to game publishers. Sure it was a bit painful but if money grew on trees, we'd all be sweeping it up and throwing it on the bonfire.
Note to iPhone developers. If you're not developing Android games, you should be positioning your company for an early 2010 trade sale or bankruptcy.

For the rest of the article, read here.