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The State Of Cellphone Gaming

Posted by simoniker on from the helloooo-i'm-playing-games-they're-rubbish? dept.

Thanks to IGN Wireless for their new column discussing the current state of U.S. cellphone gaming. The article starts by saying: "Post-E3, several magazines and sites have taken to dismissing the cellphone gaming scene - saying the Game Boy Advance has nothing to worry about... But we're talking apples and oranges here, fellas. The markets cannot be compared, nor should they be." It goes on to highlight titles like GameLoft's Splinter Cell and JAMDAT's Pitfall!, and further comments that: "It's pretty pointless to buy a phone that cannot play the kind of games you like, and then complain that cellphone gaming sucks."

3 of 30 comments (clear)

  1. Why? by Randolpho · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I mean, seriously... why play games on your cell? As if the battery didn't last short enough as it is, you wanna waste more of it on a full-color screen? Just get a GBA and be done with it.

    Oh, you want the best of both worlds, eh? Well, maybe Nintendo will produce a cell-phone addon for the GBA. Wouldn't that be neat?

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  2. And another note... by Sevn · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been noticing that the same type of people that
    make sure to talk as loudly as possible when they
    are on their phones at the supermarket, or the
    movie theater are the same people that play games
    on their phones and say things like:

    "COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! YES! SCORE!!!!!"

    or

    "JUST ONE MORE POINT! JUST ONE MORE POINT!"

    Even more loudly then they normally talk on their
    phones in a bid for attention.

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  3. 'Smartphones'+emulators by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What a fine combination, i must say that c64 rick dangerous is the best game i've played on a celly, or maybe stuncar racer... Besides than that irc anywhere is a major plus too, cuts calls and sms. Oh yeah i'm writing this from a nokia 3650..

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