Online Gaming in Mobile Phones
October 15, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Games
It’s nothing new. Video games on mobile phones go hand in hand nowadays. Nokia milked this market with the N-Gage system, and there are now new efforts to doing more on your mobile phone in terms of gaming. MMO’s (massive multiplayer online gaming) in phones shouldn’t be too far in the drawing board.
Crafting massive online games for phones takes into account the engagement level of players. Right now, it would be a little iffy to create a full immersive experience for online games on phones because the fact that phones are put down in the house and picked up when one leaves makes engaging gaming … iffy. There are breakthroughs — checking the status of your World of Warcraft character on your phone is a little like showing off trading cards to friends.
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I think that multiplayer online games are not suitable for mobile phones… image you receive a call while you are playing, you cannot pause an entire room with hundred of players…