In some ways it's reminiscent of mobile games through carriers in 2003, before market consolidation and customer rationalisation took place at the carriers. Plus there's been a lot of hype around the initial results for first movers and the sales they achieved. Do you think other mobile companies have switched their focus to iPhone too soon?Ĭertainly iPhone is a lot easier to manage and develop for: one handset, one customer, high end development stream. Whether it's Java or Android though, the mainstream mobile games market has plenty of potential. Plus many players have exited the market, leaving more potential for those who remain.īut it's hard to say whether this sector of the market is going to be only about Java going forward, as Android features high on the plans of most handset manufacturers. Initiatives such as Vodafone's 360 concept show that far from lying down and dying, carriers are fighting back. From your recent deals, would it be right to assume you think there's plenty of business in the Java mobile market?Įric Hobson: Yes we certainly believe there's plenty of life in the conventional carrier element of the mobile games market. Time to catch up with CEO Eric Hobson to find out his views are on the direction the industry and the company are headed. Over the past six months, it also released some innovative mobile and iPhone games such as Go Go! Rescue Squad and Timeloop. It signed a European distribution deal with mobile publisher Magmic, as well as picking up publishing rights for Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer (other titles are expected), as well as gaining the mobile rights to future versions of Lumines. Created from the European division of US publisher Hands-On Mobile, as well as various other bits and pieces, Connect2Media has been carefully building up its presence in recent months.

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