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I grew up on this game! Anyone remember the nude patch? Man oh man have times changed since the first version of Tomb Raider. I remember playing it in grade school.
Simon Protheroe, director of new media and IT at Eidos, has spoken to Mobile Industry.biz on the high cost of console games development and references the mobile phone platform as a viable and cost-effective alternative for introducing new properties and creative ideas to gamers.
"As console games are getting more and more expensive to develop, and as the industry is wrestling with what that means in terms of content and franchises, it’s getting really difficult to introduce a totally new IP and to take any real creative risk with anything," Simon Protheroe told Mobile Industry.biz.
"I think because the financial risks for mobile are smaller you can take a few more creative risks and try things that might work or might not. The financial outlook for the mobile market is exciting but also there’s scope for creative freedom, to generate new ideas and break through to a new market," he stated.
According to Games Industry.biz, Eidos, which recently signed a deal with Nokia for embedded Tomb Raider games on N-series handsets, is confident it can seize opportunities in the market, aided by the rate at which mobile technology is growing.
Source: tombraiderchronicles
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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
