Friday, October 7, 2011

postheadericon Games developers select smartphones as most popular platform

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iPhone, Smartphones and Facebook means that more and more developers of games and mobile applications for the release

The iPhone and other smart platform has become the most popular game for developers, for the first time this year, according to a study by industry trade body Tiga released Thursday.

British

developers are increasingly throwing their games as applications on smart phones and Facebook, instead of the traditional players, such as PCs or game consoles.

Nearly half of UK developers are now producing games for mobile devices and social networks - two-thirds opting for the Apple iPhone -. The survey of 104 companies Tiga

Moving to a new generation of mobile phones and web sites are presented as the players came to titles such as Facebook and Cityville Farmville, and Angry Birds dominated the smartphone market.

47%

developers who self-publish - instead of working model commissioned behind popular games such as Call of Duty and Fifa 12 - almost half the games for the iPad and third Facebook.

More
developers create games for the iPhone than they do for the PC, the study found.
  • "This trend is a very positive thing because it allows developers to reduce the editor and sell directly to consumers," said Dr. Richard Wilson, Tiga CEO. "Because smartphones are increasingly used by a large proportion of young people in middle age - as well as Internet connections grew -. The video game market has grown and continues to increase, "
In 2008, 71% of British game developers said that his client was the largest publisher of Tiga, like Activision or Electronic Arts. This year that figure fell to 37% - almost half of what it was three years ago - with another 37% said they were players from its major customers

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