UK mobile phone users going crazy over mobile games
Today, the mobile gaming industry has gone much ahead from the
earlier times, when it had only simple and ordinary games.
The games once created for PC's are coming up in mobile phones
and a large number of people are enjoying playing those games on
the move. Mobile handsets are coming up with the latest
technology and they are able to cope with the latest java games
with 3D graphics. With the latest handsets having 3G
technologies, you can now play with real people rather than
competing against "ghost opponents".
On second-generation networks, the data transfer rate is too
slow to play with real people. However, after 3G networks came
into the picture, data transfer rates increased incredibly and
now you can have multi-player gaming and real time racing.
Although playing latest technology games became relatively
easier, people had to pay for the data they consumed while
playing games. Most operators currently charge users for the
megabytes they use. Because of high prices charged for
downloading games and browsing the web, people don't spend much
time online. However, the flat rate pricing has completely
altered the Internet industry and the number of people going
online and mobile gamers has increased widely. The user no
longer has to restrict himself/herself to games that fit into
the size of the memory of his/her handset. You can now add
memory if you want to store games that require large memory. So
now game makers can think about making games that need a huge
storage capacity. Without the introduction of 3G, these games
wouldn't have been possible. With the games going big, mobiles
are also receiving a make over. The mobile version of NFSU2 has
about 40 hours of game play in it. Another big game is Sims 2
mobile, which could not have been made without 3G. PC games can
now be loaded to a handset. The experience is as good as the
full version even after changing the different modes for
exploring and interacting. To bring these complex games on a
mobile phone is a big challenge. But a lot of progress is being
made in this direction.