News: Gameloft, others cutting back on Android development 11-20-09

Developers cut back on any more Android Development

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Gameloft has said that it, along with other developers, is cutting
back on Android development due to the low financial returns seen on
the platform. Reuters reports that Gameloft finance director Alexandre
de Rochefort, speaking at an investor conference, said, “We have
significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like ...
many others.” “It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone. Google has
not been very good...

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Sad, more pain for the Droid fan boys.

John Doe

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Nov 20, 2009, 6:41:06 PM11/20/09

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Larry

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Nov 20, 2009, 7:27:54 PM11/20/09

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> Sad, more pain for the Droid fan boys.
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More noise from the threatened Iphone fanbois it looks like from the
CONSTANT Vic Reports.

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> News: Gameloft, others cutting back on Android development

No real surprise there. It's been rushed to try and be an "iPhone killer",
and like all the other attempts it's really just more junk.