"Btw. ever wondered how a snack shop of twenty people like In-Fusio =
gets
Vodafone/D2 and device manufacturers (Sagem and Siemens) to implement =
their
technology? If their marketing people ever publish a book, I'll be =
first to
order!"
Answer: by providing right solution to market demands around games....
Note 1): ExEn is implemented now on Siemens, Sagem, MitsubishiTrium, =
Philips
- others will be announced in the coming weeks...
Note 2): We are more than 90 people - a little bit big for a snack =
shop!
Thomas LANDSPURG
CTO
http://www.in-fusio.com=20
the Mobile Game Connection=20
Le Millenium
12 Quai de Queyries
33072 Bordeaux Cedex=20
Office +33 55 777 3800
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sampo Raudaskoski [mailto:keitai@mrgoodliving.com]=20
Envoy=E9 : mercredi 20 mars 2002 10:34
=C0 : keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Objet : (keitai-l) Re: RIOT-E goes belly up
Btw. ever wondered how a snack shop of twenty people like In-Fusio gets
Vodafone/D2 and device manufacturers (Sagem and Siemens) to implement =
their
technology? If their marketing people ever publish a book, I'll be =
first to
order!
With best regards,
Sampo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Zadarnowski" <fanjet@iinet.com.au>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 6:40 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: RIOT-E goes belly up
>
> >That seems a bit of a harsh characterisation. Riot-e were certainly
taking
> a
> >gamble on plopping down big license advances - I heard they paid $1M
> advance
> >for LOTR - but I also heard they were going round europe operator by =
> >operator and getting big advances for territory exclusives against=20
> >that property.
>
> >just got caught by the market taking longer to arrive...
>
> I don't think there really was a significant market at all. There are =
> just some things that ultimately aren't worth the big money. Mobile=20
> devices simply can never be the dumping ground for every kind of=20
> diversion known to man at a premium price. It may offer good=20
> alternatives in entertainment and new ground to break, but there are=20
> those of us who pay for many of those services already (pay TV,=20
> premium internet, video games/consoles) who aren't going to pay yet=20
> more to extend what amounts to a rather nasty subset (small pics,=20
> fractured games) into a mobile device.
>
> When pocket TVs came out in the early 1980's (I still have my=20
> monochrome Casio pocket TV) I really thought that people would spend=20
> time watching them at work (at lunch, even in the toilets!) or on the =
> bus and they would become some sort of modern-day social problem. As=20
> it turned out, besides the TV content being quite awful during work=20
> hours, people just didn't
care,
> and still don't.
>
> My boss nixed Riot-E at their first appearance and I wasn't so sure =
at=20
> the time, but it looks to be a pattern for the future. The line=20
> between profit and loss is ever creeping away over the horizon,=20
> especially for a large number of companies who place bets and=20
> themselves on the line far in advance of user sentiment and=20
> technology.
>
> SteveZ
> trackhq.com
>
>
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