Carnival of the Mobilists #53

November 14th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The new Carnival of the Mobilists is on the net. You can find it at the mobility blog!

Color me Orange

November 14th, 2006 by Pascal Besteboer Posted in Analysis & Editorial | 1 Comment »

As Arjan mentioned in a previous post, I offered myself, as the cheap person I am, to do some guest editorials. Hopefully I can bring some insight into the business side of the "Mobile games scene" (yes I am from those old C64 days that allows me to say words like "scene" and "awesome").

LAGC: Mobile Games

November 10th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Gamasutra has put online an extensive coverage of the LA Games Conference. They kicked off directly by a presentation on true market figures by Mike Volhaus, MD at Frank N. Magid Associated Inc.

Gaming in general is everywhere, especially among teens, young adult males, and older women from 55 to 64, with a very broad base relative to other mainstream entertainment like concert going and DVD purchasing. However, looking specifically at gaming on CD/DVD media the picture is dominated by males in their teens, followed by adult males from 18 to 34. The typical balancing factor is the free webgame space, where older women dominate.

In the mobile game space, however, women again have greater presence; between 39% and 46% of females from 12 to 44 play games preloaded onto their mobiles. Among males 18-24 44% have played preloaded mobile games, and the numbers in other age groups fall off sharply. When it comes to actually purchasing mobile games, females 18-24 lead all with 23% having done so compared to 19% for their male counterparts.

Carnival of the Mobilists #52

November 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

All About Symbian is this week’s host of the carnival of the mobilists. Another good job on selecting the industry highlights!

Willingness to pay

November 8th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

The guys over at QB have extracted some nice details from a business wire article about technology consumers and their urge to spend money on entertainment. Amongst other details, it shows technology consumers spend 28% more on mobile games then average consumers of their age.

Interview with Wicked Witch

November 7th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

PAL Gaming Network has released an interview with Australian based Wicked Witch Software. Though PAL mainly shows interest for their PC/Console games, there is also plenty about mobile games in there.