Windows Phone Thoughts: 'Simple Games', Mobile Charts and 'Dedicated Gamers'

"[A]ccording to Mobile Games Analyst. . . Tetris was the top game for eight months. Other big-hitters were Namco's Pac-Man and Iomo's Pub Pool. The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association compiled mobile game data for the first time from 2004. . . . "It's no surprise that accessible, easy-to-play games have considerable appeal for UK mobile users," said Stuart Dredge from Mobile Games Analyst. . . Mobile gaming is expected to explode, with analysts predicting that 220 million will be playing games on mobile phones by 2009. Analysts say that mobile games appeal more to the "casual gamer", who is looking to play for short periods of time, than to dedicated gamers."

So, are you a casual or a dedicated mobile gamer? Apparently many large games makers see mobile gaming as a way of attract more people into their more 'serious' gaming titles on consoles. Am I the only one that plays games for their own sake on the PPC? I'm not likely to 'upgrade' to a console version of a game just because I enjoyed it on my WM device. Still, looking at the games I currently have installed shows that many of them could be termed 'simple'. I tend to play games 'on the run' and don't have much time to spend getting into them. However, you can pack a lot of depth into 'simple' games, which are often the ones that have stood the test of time. What are your thoughts about the relative complexity of games you play on different systems, what defines a 'dedicated' gamer and is anyone up for a game of Resco Seal Ball? ;-)