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Leave Game Developers Android

ponselandroidSupply games for Android mobile platform will certainly dwindle from Gameloft, one of the largest game developer applications for mobile phones, retreating footsteps of other developers.

The reason the company presented the French game developer is none other because of business factors. According to Alexandre de Rochefort, Finance Director, Gameloft, to develop games for Android is not profitable.

“We have reduced our investments for Android operating system, as well as with several other developers. Until now Google’s operating system has not attracted many consumers,” he said.

This statement is clearly surprising. Because, as is known, the operating system Google’s products so popular due to the nature of the openness of its software based on open source, making it easier for application developers to more freely sparked his ideas.

But the reality is not so. Gameloft and other gaming developers admitted the difficulty to develop mobile games for Android platform. That’s why, they plan to leave the development of the Android mobile phone games besutannya range.

“Game on Android is not as good as the iPhone. Google’s not too smart attract consumers to buy products. In Android, no one who managed to get significant benefits,” said Rochefort.

From the stock iPhone gaming application, Gameloft get 13% share of profits from all sales. While the Android, recognized the executive, is still below 1%. “We can sell 400 times as much on the iPhone than on Android,”.

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