Panasonic Rules Japanese the Mobile Phone Gaming industry… and Potentially Match the iPhone’s Supremacy

Published on May 20th,2009 at 3:25 PM
By >Daimaou - G.G-B

Panasonic Rules Japanese the Mobile Phone Gaming industry… and Potentially Match the iPhone’s Supremacy

Category: Phones - Tags: -Japan, Docomo, Game, Games, Iphone, Mobile Phone, Nds, Ps1, Psp, Tv

Outside Japan the iPhone is the leading 3G gaming mobile device, but in Japan, manufacturers like Panasonic fear no shame with potentially equal or better looking mobile phone games.

Today Panasonic organized a press conference to group in one event all handsets announced yesterday by both Softbank and DoCoM.

With graphics equivalent to a PSP, PS1 and NDS on some games, and titles like Ridge Race, Gundam and Professor Layton, Japanese games for mobile phones in Japan really rock!

Thanks to a strong cooperation between manufacturers, game developers, and carriers, companies like Panasonic are can release handsets that can be hooked up to TVs and to offer online gaming services for up to 6 players across Japan and the world (may cost a bit of money with actual data roaming plans) to play games like Gundam together.

Yes, the iPhone and iPod touche are brilliant gaming devices, but we shouldn’t forget about Japanese manufacturers and carriers, that are more than capable to kick some Apple ass. Now if only they would export these babies…

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Games look very cool
Misio

it wouldnt be strange if Pansonic was first in making a Handheld game powerhouse platform + cellphone
Coolstuff

The graphics look great! Does Softbank or DoCoMo have an App Store? That is the main differentiating factor that has driven Apple to success. The Noka N-Gage was capable as a gaming device (but a little phyically unwieldy).
http://www.akihabaranews.com Daimaou

There is of course an equivalent to an Apple Store, but lamer
N3w_Typ3

Whaaa… too bad it cannot be exported out but no fears!
csheng

so FCC, when will you update/improve US network system?

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