{"id":27149,"date":"2019-09-10T04:30:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T04:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techwebspace.com\/?p=27149"},"modified":"2019-09-10T04:30:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T04:30:31","slug":"mobile-game-development-past-present-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwebspace.com\/mobile-game-development-past-present-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Game Development – Past, Present & Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The mobile gaming industry has come a long way since everyone enjoyed the game Snake on their Nokia mobile phones. However, these days, it has become the second nature of people to download more sophisticated games with various categories on their smartphones. Most of these games are either free or cheap to buy, and users can download them from the app stores. Mobile game development companies<\/a>, without a doubt, have been behind this substantial advancement of the industry.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the revised Newzoo research<\/a>, mobile games make the largest sector of 47\npercent with an estimated worth of $63.2 billion out of the estimated global\ngame market of $134.9 billion, in the year 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the question is if mobile game development\ncompanies have come this far in the last two decades, then what does the future\nholds for the mobile game industry? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past of mobile\ngames<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going back to 1973, the year when Motorola built the first-ever\nmobile phone, nobody back then could have imagined the time when we would be\nplaying games on mobile phones. With the expansion of technology, the ways of\nplaying games also changed around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first mobile game in the history of the industry was the mobile version of Tetris on the Hagenuk MT-2000 device, introduced in the year 1994. However, in 1997, Snake on Nokia devices become one of the most popular mobile games of the time.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the earlier days of mobile games, the hardware could not\nsupport rich graphics games, and the device battery was another problem for\nrunning games. Games were just one of the many features of mobile phones at\nthat time. No one could have predicted that this feature would one day become a\nmulti-billion dollar industry and a huge platform for mobile game development\ncompanies and mobile game developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The present of mobile games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us have personally witnessed the predominant breakthrough of smartphones in the communication sector. This major achievement is backed with extreme R&D and market analysis, which is followed by the continuous versions of exceedingly advanced devices introduced in the market. With each generation, the features improve in terms of better hardware and software to more efficiently support mobile games.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Game developers are switching towards PC and mobile game development from the living room consoles, with the improvement of gaming technology. Mobile platforms are cheaper, they help developers avoid restrictions that come with consoles, and they don\u2019t require assistance from the publisher. Moreover, with the inception of Android and iPhone, the quality of mobile game development has gone beyond the console games.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Betting on Billions: Unlocking the Power of Mobile Gamers, a\nreport by Blizzard\nMedia and Newzoo<\/a>, predicts that globally an estimate of 2.4 billion people\nwill play a mobile game in the year 2019. The report shows how mobile games are\nbecoming the preferred way of playing games around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, most of the highly applauded mobile games have\njust the right combination of fact and fantasy, with an emphasis on graphics,\nstory, sound, and replay value. Some of the leading mobile game categories of\nmobile game development include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n