That is the worst forecast ever. Do I think cellphone games will start selling more as cellphones become more multimedia friendly? Of course. But they will never replace or dent or outsell the console market. The avid gamer probably buys more then one system and has a computer, and has tons of games. There aren't too many avid cellphoners.......

Being bored is preferable to every cellphone game I've ever played. They have a long way to go.

Obviously, you've Chintz has never played Paris Hilton's Jewel Jam.

ROFL ... no wait ... ROFL!

I have no doubt that this is true, just as it is true that more people have played Solitaire on their PC than any FPS. I think it is just a meaningless comparison. There will not be a point anytime soon where people get a phone exclusively to play downloaded games. It is like buying a candy bar at the grocery store; you usually don't go to the store to buy candy, but when you see it in the checkout line you might pick one up.

The problem with reasoning mobile phone gaming will overtake console gaming is assuming that people will actually pay to download one of those horrid sacks of pig shit to play on their camera/PDA/MP3 Player.

Does anyone else remember when a phone handled voice communications? Or you used a camera to take pictures? Good times.

It's kind of sad to think about all these people who will only play phone games someday instead of the real thing. And they think its great to buy individual frosted Cheerios for $1.50 each, instead of a box of Donuts for $6.50.

it is very clear that some of you are utterly clueless and haven't played a game other than the ones package on your bargain bin 3 year old phone.

Mobile gaming is enormous already and still growing. everyone has a phone (or 2), and everyone brings it everywhere....

You want to see where mobile gaming is going? go to Japan as see the "horrid sacks of pig shit" they are playing.

It is easy to critique something you know absolutely nothing about, nor have ever actually tried. If i leveled a critique on PS2 having only ever played Britneys Dance Beat, i would be laughed out of the country.

play the following games then tell me all mobile games suck:

- Super KO Boxing
- FF7 Before Crisis
- Cars
- Doom RPG
- Massive Snowboarding
- Tower Bloxx
- NFS Underground2
- Knight Tales
- Monkey On Your Back
- Ancient Empires (1 and 2)
- Fantasy Warrior 2

and so on.

bottom line: i have learned mobile games can actually be really good. You could too if you werent too busy spouting off.

Some of the major companies need to look at those cellphone games and see what I see: Every single one of those cell phone games is an easy DS or GBA port waiting to happen. Just make it so. Mobile phone saturation is obscenely high; but the amount of money made off of mobile games is not. The amount made off of ringtones is substantially more. That said, only the portables have a comparable market saturation.

Doom RPG so needs to be on the Game Boy Micro.

Oh wait, I can play actual Doom 1 & 2 on the Game Boy Micro.

Never mind.

I call.... BULLS***!
There is no way in hell that that will happen. First off... people will always wanna play a super sweet (lol) video game on a big screen... and secondly... who actually plays cellphone games when you could just as easilly play your DS or PSP!? That is complete and utter bulls***.

You don't seem to realize that there are tons of people out there who just want a game to play for five or ten minutes here and there, Superman, who also happen to own cell phones. These people aren't interested in paying hundreds of dollars on games that you sit down to for hours at a time, and they're the people that will make cell phone games grow quickly.

It's crazy talk, but it could happen...what about all the non-gaming business folk who download tetris or araknoid on their blackberries? What about impulsive teenagers and adults? Cell phones definitely have a larger distribution and sharehold in terms of who owes them over consoles...but maybe she's just talking about the PS3. :)

I think John Carmack did say that a GBA/DS port of the Doom RPG was possible, in a recent interview somewhere.

Despite the twenty or so cell games I've played not being very fun, I'd be willing to give that one a try. I think the main thing I don't like about them is the way the controls feel on nearly every cellphone - but with something turn-based, it might not be so bad.

I use Verizon. I dislike the "walled garden" and the fact I have to buy games then delete them to make room for new ones. I like having a casual game on my phone, but don't spend much, since I can't build a collection, and I can't keep them when I switch phones.

I don't think that cell games will truly take off until they can get past the whole "press 2 to jump, 4 to walk left, 6 to walk right, 8 to duck" controls. This is also precisely why I've had a hard time getting accustomed to PC games, too. But the tiny cellphone factor just amplifies this effect for me.

Umm no they wont, the only mobile games which will fly are from the DS. Who the heck makes these silly forecasts? They said the same thing last year.

Doom RPG seems more like a college final project than an actual game.

The other games mentioned aren't available on most garden variety phones.

The problem is that cell phone games are produced as such an afterthought with talentless staffs and no budgets that they can't turn out to be anything but crap.