From guardian.co.uk:

Mobile-game developer Gameloft will still cut investment in Google’s Android platform despite an apparent U-turn on its controversial decision last month to scale back on developing games for the operating system.

Gameloft’s chief financial officer, Alexandre de Rochefort, told an investor conference in November that Android’s limited ability to get Gameloft products to customers had been a deciding factor in cutting investment. "It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone. [Moreover,] on Android nobody is making significant revenue."

The announcement drew immediate criticism, including from Telecoms analyst Peter Boyland of IHS Global Insight, who said: "While the iPhone is undoubtedly the iconic handset of the decade, its status as a ‘must-have’ is waning. While Android is still something of an unknown quantity, Google is fully committed to entering the mobile internet market, and is unlikely to allow the platform to fail without a fight."

Perhaps heeding such warnings, Paris-based Gameloft made a volte-face within days, announcing that it would be bringing out a number of high-definition titles for the second generation of Android handsets and reaffirming its commitment to the current generation.

Yet its investment in Android is still being reduced, and it’s becoming clear that the company still considers the iPhone to be very much where it’s at – at least for the moment.

Read more at guardian.co.uk.

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Tags: alexandre de rochefort, android, gameloft, iphone