We presented at a conference a few weeks ago and we received our first bit of press. To give you some context, we presented right after a panel on mobile gaming including Capcom, Telus Mobility, Nokia, and Hands-On mobile, amongst others. Their message was largely that mobile gaming is stagnant, sales are flat, and no one seems to have any ideas how about to stimulate interest.

From the blog post:

The panel itself didn’t really have any solutions to offer but, as a nice dose of serendipity, one of the demos in the DemoCamp session that followed this panel was by a new mobile startup looking to help bridge the viral gap and get users playing collaborative games on cell phones, regardless of device or provider – Called Social Deck they’re looking to launch in the middle of 2008.

They had a working demo and the premise looks sound. Initially they’re targeting iPhones, Blackberrys and (wisely I think) tying into Facebook so gameplay won’t be limited to mobile devices only. At this time they’re developing their own content but during the Q&A people were already poking around for opportunities to push existing IP into the app.

A system like this could be just what the industry needs to push a little of that viral mojo into the mobile device market.

http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/03/28/mobile-gaming-desperately-seeking-viral/