EA says if it's in the game, it could end up on Android
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EA has been taking a long hard look at Android. At the Deutsche Bank 2010 Tech conference, the game maker's CFO, Eric Brown, alluded to recent reports that show Android with a 25% share of the world's smartphone market by 2014, and Apple with an 11% slice of the pie. The executive said, "There's a lot to happen in the future in Android,” said Brown, “and
we’re trying to position our mobile business to take advantage of that
trend." He added that Android versions of current App Store offerings are in the works. "I think the next big positive wave to push better growth in mobile
will be the deployment of an App Store equivalent for the Android
operating system," he said.
It looks like a positive situation for everyone. Android owners get to choose from EA's mobile gaming platform and EA gets to sell its wares to a rapidly growing audience. The gaming company is currently bringing in $200 million to $225 million a year from smartphone sales, mostly from iPhone users. EA games currently on the list of App Store top sellers include Tiger Woods Golf, Need for Speed, John Madden Football, FIFA Soccer, Tetris and Monopoly.
source: Gamasutra
It looks like a positive situation for everyone. Android owners get to choose from EA's mobile gaming platform and EA gets to sell its wares to a rapidly growing audience. The gaming company is currently bringing in $200 million to $225 million a year from smartphone sales, mostly from iPhone users. EA games currently on the list of App Store top sellers include Tiger Woods Golf, Need for Speed, John Madden Football, FIFA Soccer, Tetris and Monopoly.
source: Gamasutra
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8 Comments
1. scorpio85 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:48 0 0
Its about time, I hate Asphalt 5 and would rather play Need for Speed anyday.
2. htcphoneuser2010 (unregistered) posted on 18 Sep 2010, 13:36 0 0
they do have need for speed shit for android
6. scorpio85 posted on 18 Sep 2010, 19:58 0 0
I dont see it in the market place, where do you get it from?
3. Pings posted on 18 Sep 2010, 13:59 0 0
They already have Need for Speed, FIFA Soccer, and Tetris. So what they are only talking about porting over 2 games? That's not news.
4. BobbyTaba posted on 18 Sep 2010, 15:03 0 0
they are gonna make new games and have more of them on android marketplace than app store
5. EvolutionQY7 (unregistered) posted on 18 Sep 2010, 16:16 0 0
wohoo :) about time :) need for speed shift and monopoly and tetris from ea were best mobiles games i played on a phone both on WinMo and Android :)
8. maanycool (unregistered) posted on 08 Nov 2010, 09:19 0 0
can anyone say where to download 3d games(nfs shift,fifa 10)free for my xperia x8?
