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Floodgate’s Mo-pets and Sony BMG connection

December 11th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Gamasutra has put online it’s latest Q&A which involves Floodgate’s Mathew Bellows. The interview is really interesting as it explains the success of Mo-Pets mobile games is for a big part made possible by Sony BMG and their excellent carrier connections.

Skyzone about multiplayer games in the US

December 5th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Neil Halder, VP of Content Programming & Strategy at Skyzone has published an article for Gamasutra in regards to multiplayer games in the US. He compares the US mostly with Asia which is far more ahead and gamer centric. He explains that the US has a lot of barriers to overcome of which one certainly is the network. Here in The Netherlands for example, it’s no problem to play a multiplayer game while travelling. The handset has enough possibilities to keep the line open. The US however still had a lot of gaps in the network which makes mobile gaming on the go a problem. Neil recons carriers, developers and device manufacturers should come together to find a solution to ensure the US can move to the next level.

Carphone Warehouse and D2C content

December 5th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Retail giant Carphone Warehouse has announced it’s plans to preinstall it’s own mobile content portal on mobile phones. They will install a J2me based storefront. Initially this will happen via SMS push, but the plans are to have it done directly at the handset vendors. The portal is names mymobilelife and will include mobile games amongst other mobile content. Read the full article at Mobile Entertainment Magazine.

Player X Interview part 2: Follow the consumer

December 5th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

MobileIndustry.biz has put online the second part of their interview with Player X CEO Tony Pearce. In this part, they discuss the move to other forms of content that Player X recently made. Read the full interview here.

M:Metrics: Glu the number 2!?

December 4th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

Though Glu still hasn’t shown any financials yet, M:Metrics calculated that Glu has beaten Gameloft to the race for the big number 2 in Q3 2006. At the same time, they also calculated loss of market share at EA who dropped from 32.2% (Q2) to 26.5% (Q3). The number four is also surprising as Namco has gained more market share as well, meaning they have put Hands-On back to the fifth position. It’s clear the battle of the giants is far from over.

Carnival of the Mobilists #55

November 28th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

While questioning myself why the carnival site doesn’t receive updates anymore, I’m happy to tell you the latest edition is available at Fierce!

Player X – A Top 10 Publisher

November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Player X has announced to MobileIndustry.biz to be a top 10 ranking player in the mobile games industry. The post doesn’t mention who lost it’s listing in the top 10, but it’s a big claim which means I can’t wait for the full interview to go online.

"You know, when you look at Jamdat, iFone, I-Play, Glu… Then there’s Player X. You’re really talking about companies which are very very established, and yet, we’re here nibbling away at them." said Tony Pearce, CEO of Player X.

Interview with Mike McCabe

November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The Age has put online an excellent interview with Mike McCabe, head of EA Mobile for the Asian-Pacific area. In the interview they handle past, present and future of EA and mobile games with a focus on Australia, combined with history highlights like the N-Gage.

Global mobile gaming habits

November 27th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 2 Comments »

Nokia today released their study to reveal mobile gaming habits World wide. They interviewed in total 1800 persons world-wide for an hour to discover the facts about the potential of try before you buy, connected / multiplayer games and other topics. The interview discloses a lot of interesting views on mobile gaming. A good example is the session time which is a lot longer then the 5 minutes we all expected. Please read the full research below

Rate our stats

November 24th, 2006 by Pascal Besteboer Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 3 Comments »

If you are a bit of a freaky person that has way to much time, you will agree that looking at statistics can be a bundle of joy and fun. You can ofcourse always interprete the results in anyway you see fit, and that is part of the bundle of joy and fun!

Having seen the recent post from MobileRated concerning their top10 of phones, we decided to finally post some of our statistics! These are taken from our free RumbleX.com gaming services and boy oh boy are they a bundle of joy and fun! (it’s Friday, so stay with me)

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