18th April 2013, 8:58 PM
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, the bottom fell out of "social gaming", meaning flash based games on Facebook. EA's shutting down the social elements of Sim City (reboot, though how do you "reboot" something with no story?) due to poor sales and poor acceptance in the Faceosphere.
Mobile gaming? Eh, still seems about where it was. It isn't diminishing, but it seems to have hit its roof as far as growth goes. Square Enix is releasing an updated version of Final Fantasy V on the iPhone and Android. It won't be a full 3D remake like FF3 and FF4, but rather an HD redrawing of all the graphics in the original 2D game (possibly with improved music too). It'll have the extra content from the GBA version. Again, the game is designed around direct character control, so the touch screen will be a terrible fit. I expect it'll be ported to either Vita or 3DS (most likely the latter) in the coming months.
Mobile gaming? Eh, still seems about where it was. It isn't diminishing, but it seems to have hit its roof as far as growth goes. Square Enix is releasing an updated version of Final Fantasy V on the iPhone and Android. It won't be a full 3D remake like FF3 and FF4, but rather an HD redrawing of all the graphics in the original 2D game (possibly with improved music too). It'll have the extra content from the GBA version. Again, the game is designed around direct character control, so the touch screen will be a terrible fit. I expect it'll be ported to either Vita or 3DS (most likely the latter) in the coming months.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)