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WIRELESS
February 19, 2008, 7:33 pm
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WIRELESS

Gameloft CEO Michel Guillemot, speaking at an industry conference, predicted that mobile gaming would expand into a $5 billion industry by 2012, a far cry from the $20 billion market predicted by some analysts. “The Japanese got the mobile game distribution model right, and it’s something the U.S. mobile games industry should adopt,” Guillemot said. “In Japan, the SKUs are hosted by the publishers themselves on branded portals, and this is a significant reason why Japanese mobile game adoption is higher than the U.S. or Europe.” (GameDaily BIZ/Modojo.com 2/18)

 

(Below) Can’t we kill Second Life already?  This is like a bad horror movie where the evil guy just WON’T die. . .

Mobile gaming company Vollee is running beta trials of a version of the virtual world SecondLife for 3G mobile devices. SecondLife members can pre-register for the service at vollee.com.


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