日前，德国发行商HandyGames宣布该公司的免费游戏在诺基亚Ovi Store的下载量已达100万次，并表示将在2010年底实现500万次的下载目标。

Car-Control-released-by-HandyGames

该公司首席执行官Christopher Kassulke称，HandyGames不久还将向Ovi Store投放20款以上的游戏。

目前该公司发行的是靠广告赞助的免费、完整版本的游戏，其付费无广告的游戏版本也将面向相关玩家推出。

Kassulke称，HandyGames也曾采用免费下载但需付费购买虚拟商品的游戏运营模式，但以广告赞助的完整版本对玩家来说是另一种选择，后者可以广开经销渠道，“我们希望推动这个产业不断前进，为用户创造更多选择，同时证明Java并不是一个失去生命力的平台。”（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

HandyGames says ad-supported, full, free games are the way to go on Ovi

Further to its announcement of one million downloads of its free games on Nokia’s Ovi store, German publisher HandyGames has provided more details about its strategy on the platform.

With a target of five million downloads before the end of 2010, it has plans to release plenty more games to boost its download figures.

“We will launch more than 20 titles on Ovi, and that’s just the ones planned for the near future,” says CEO Christopher Kassulke.

Giving it away

As with its current crop, these will be free, full versions of games, supported by adverts. Paid, ad-free versions will be available for gamers happy to pay for the experience.

Kassulke is also keen to point out that releasing full, ad supported games is a very different option compared to the vogue for freemium games – something it has already experimented with.

“It’s free not freemium. We don’t just copy others,” he explains.

Obviously, free games ensure the widest distribution.

“We want to drive the industry forward and give the consumer the choice,” says Kassulke, adding, “This is proof that Java isn’t a dead platform.” （source:pocketgamer）