But yes, by and large, I don’t believe producers of games for mobile phones are overly successful at it. At least not yet. Cell phones are a challenging media to work with in terms of game development. Particularly when the average user is already paying for added features for their service (unlimited text messaging, email access, etc), chances are slim that people will want to pay even more to use a data connection to play sub-par games.

Personally, I’ve seen titles like Assassin’s Creed while scrolling through the Get It Now features on my service, and have not been even the slightest bit tempted to take a look. My personal reasons being: I can play titles like that on PC/Console and have a more rewarding experience, and cost. Yes, mobile phone games are much cheaper up-front than their PC/Console counterparts, but you’re not getting near the experience you would by paying more for the traditional game(s). Generally, it seems to me like you get what you pay for. I’ll opt for the $49.99 PC/Console version over the $6.99 mobile phone version any day of the week.

That doesn’t even address the fact that, for most people looking for a fulfilling mobile gaming experience, they already have PSPs and/or DSs to meet that need, and mobile phones can’t match that experience (yet).

With that said, I completely agree with you. I don’t find many of the cell titles that are available worthy of the price that is being asked.

It’s such a travesty that sequels or spinoffs of games that deserve much more are being developed only for cell phones such as the FF7 game or the new Parasite Eve. I simply don’t understand what possesses game creators to want to create games for cell phones when its fans clearly want much more than that.

Great first article! :3

My latest phone will let me play its games for maybe a minute, and then it comes up with a stupid ‘If you want to play this game further, you will need to download it from XXX games’ message. Get real, phone company. I have no intention of paying out good money for naff games like this! Give me my free Tetris clone back, now!

I don’t think it has anything to do with the game developers actually wanting to shittasticfy their games into tiny little rosemarys-baby versions of their true glory. Its just about money money money money. And for all the sensible folk out there that agree with Lassirra and would rather buy the beautiful, well-crafted version of the game for a console, their are a billion brainless consumers who would die to snatch up MetalGear Mobile or Assassins Creed to play in the bathroom at work when things are slow or in their cars during rush hour(or anti-rush hour depending on whether you’re moving or not).

Personally i have no games on my phone, i use it for talking.

Why don’t they just make the DS and PSPs with a built in cell phone? *sigh*

http://www.konamimobile.com/gamehome.aspx?page=games

Including Metal Gear, Castlevania and Contra. Then there is the recent news about the iPhone and its selection of games. I think that while mobile phones aren’t popular for games now, they are most certainly on their way.