With the tablet & smartphone takeover, many gamers have switched from their traditional gaming system to a mobile gaming platform. Wether it be on a cell phone or a larger tablet, developers have almost seamlessly bridged the gap in mobile gameplay quality. All those traditional Playstation 2 classics like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City & Max Payne have been converted mobile and the gameplay is the same if not better.
Although users are asked to purchase the game again, if already owned on another system, they can now play this game anywhere they take their tablet/smartphone. This convenience is well worth the one-time fee, raking in big bucks for the mobile gaming industry. “It’s 4X and beyond in terms of revenue [compared to a year ago],” Anil Dharni, GREE’s senior vp of studio operations stated “A major contributor is the emergence of the iPad as a gaming device, something that other developers like Supercell have said is a huge part of their financial success.” Dharni was originally the CEO of Funzio, a game development company, which was purchased not so long ago by GREE for $210 million.
