'Simple games' rule mobile charts (20 Apr 2005)

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'Simple games' rule mobile charts (20 Apr 2005)
The research showed that consoles games which have been turned into mobile versions may not be what the mobile gamer wants.

Digital Bridges' FIFA Football and Tiger Woods 2004, and Gameloft's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow performed well, the research found.

But others, such as Wonderphone's Crash Nitro Kart and Sorrent's Driv3r, spent just one month in the chart.

"It's no surprise that accessible, easy-to-play games have considerable appeal for UK mobile users," said Stuart Dredge from Mobile Games Analyst, published by Informa Telecoms and Media.

Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4461239.stm

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