Tetris rules US summer mobile games
MANILA – The brick game reigned supreme over life-simulation and music video games among mobile gamers in the United States from June to September 2009.
This was revealed by American telecommunications network Verizon Wireless, which reported that Tetris is its best-selling mobile game on its Get It Now portal for the US summer. (www.mobile-ent.biz/news/34658/Verizon-Wireless-reveals-best-mobile-games...)
Verizon Wireless is considered America's largest wireless telecommunications network with more than 80 million US subscribers.
Puzzle game Bejeweled was the second best-selling mobile game while The Sims 3 came in third.
Guitar Hero World Tour ranked fourth as Pac-Man was fifth.
The Verizon Wireless chart was reported by Stuart Dredge of Mobile Entertainment.
Rounding up the Top 10 best-selling mobile games for the US Summer are Scrabble (No. 6), World Series of Poker Pro (No. 7), Where's Waldo? (No. 8), The Oregon Trail (No. 9) and Monopoly Here & Now (No. 10).