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Article: As phones get smarter, game makers ring the changes.(Technology)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- September 29, 2009
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TOKYO, September 29, 2009 (AFP) - Tetsuya Ide doesn't own an iPhone, but the teenage computer boffin is betting that Apple's hit gadget is the key to having a new generation of video game players in the palm of his hand.He's not the only one. Video game console titans Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft are facing growing competition from the increasing popularity of games played on mobile telephones or Internet-enabled gizmos."A game's creativity used to depend on the hardware," said Ide, a 19-year-old computer programming student who is developing an iPhone game as part of his studies."A successful game now is one that's simple and reaches a wide network of people," he told ...