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Smartphone games a hit in Tokyo
Saturday September 22, 2012 02:36:09 PM,
IANS
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Tokyo: Social
networking games installed on smartphones are the rage at a game
show in Tokyo.
The Tokyo Game Show, one of the world's biggest games industry
fairs, is being held at the Makuhari Messe Convention complex in
Chiba, east of Tokyo, reported Xinhua.
The displays by leading social game company Gree Inc. and industry
giant Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. are taking the centre
stage, drawing a large crowd that tries some of the latest games.
Other social game firms such as Bushiroad and Gloops, are also
boasting a larger display space than the past.
Of more than 1,000 software items on show, 407 games, or about 40
percent, are played on smartphones, marking a big boost from about
20 percent last year.
Industry professionals note that the market of games sold through
discs and other media has been on a downward trend.
In Japan, most online games are intended for smartphones and
cellular phones.
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