Mobile Games Ready for Take-Off

Games on mobile phones are about to take off, just like console gaming did, says industry veteran Greg Ballard. The boss of mobile games firm Sorrent/Macrospace and former head of games firm Capcom US, he launched Street Fighter and Resident Evil.

“We’re seeing results that are reminiscent to me of the early console days in the 1990s. There are titles now in mobile that will do between $6-10m,” he told the BBC News website. “That’s half as big as the console business was in early 1990s yet it’s only in the second or third year of business,” he added.