Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Games-Art Interviews PDAMill's Peter Balogh
Posted by Pat Logsdon in "ARTICLE" @ 07:00 PM
"Games-Art recently had the privilege to chat with Peter Balogh of PDAMill. For those of you living in a distant (and boring) universe, PDAMill is the maker of Snails and more recently Anthelion.
Mr. Balogh has some interesting comments on the future of PDA gaming: "I think we'll see new devices (especially Sony's PSP) which will replicate the console gaming market. These devices will be flashy, powerful, targeted at the younger audiences and the big names from the console world will release all the brand-name games for them. Games will be distributed on memory cards or mini DVDs in retail shops. That basically means there won't be many independent developers, or small game companies; only the big ones.
Parallel to this there'll still be a PDA market which isn't aimed at gaming, but with advanced functions and lots of CPU power and connectivity. These devices will be aimed at an older audience and will integrate the rich entertainment functions with business uses. I think this software market will be mostly online and we'll see more independent and small developers here."
I agree with what he says about the PDA market; it seems likely that the Pocket PC platform will transmogrify over time into something like the Portable Media Center, while games will be relegated to dedicated handheld gaming devices. What do you think?
Mr. Balogh has some interesting comments on the future of PDA gaming: "I think we'll see new devices (especially Sony's PSP) which will replicate the console gaming market. These devices will be flashy, powerful, targeted at the younger audiences and the big names from the console world will release all the brand-name games for them. Games will be distributed on memory cards or mini DVDs in retail shops. That basically means there won't be many independent developers, or small game companies; only the big ones.
Parallel to this there'll still be a PDA market which isn't aimed at gaming, but with advanced functions and lots of CPU power and connectivity. These devices will be aimed at an older audience and will integrate the rich entertainment functions with business uses. I think this software market will be mostly online and we'll see more independent and small developers here."
I agree with what he says about the PDA market; it seems likely that the Pocket PC platform will transmogrify over time into something like the Portable Media Center, while games will be relegated to dedicated handheld gaming devices. What do you think?
