rutea7 said:
Plaupius said:
rutea7 said:
Plaupius said:
rutea7 said:
Apple needs to either release a real gaming system or GTFO of the gaming world, thats how i feel.
they obviously have no gamers working at apple to tell them how to do it properly, they are obviously not concerned about quality or value, they only want a quick buck from casual gamers. |
Ahem. Apple is building a gaming platform, piece by piece. It's the 3rd parties that make all the games. With regards to gaming, Apple has so far provided two frameworks specifically for games: one for wireless communications for multiplayer games over bluetooth or wi-fi, and now the Game Center. So I think it is fair to say that Apple has not been making a gaming system, it is the developers and gamers who are using the devices for gaming.
Edit: Forgot to mention that Apple makes pennies out of the App Store sales, they are not after a quick buck from $0.99 sales.
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they dont need the profit from the apps store cause they make like 100% profit from their products alone. The "gaming" functionality is just a lure. thinking they are competing agaisnt two gaming handhelds that cost less than half of what their product costs and have a real focus on gaming and a good library of REAL games and not crappy stuff.
what gamer spends 500 bucks on a thing to play cheap looking games? if someone gets it its for the other functionalities, i can get that, i understand. but saying it competes against true gaming platforms is a joke.
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There are 50 million iPhones and 35 million iPod Touches sold to users. The iPod Touch starts at $199 and seems to be favoured by gamers because iPod Touch owners buy more games and spend more time playing them. So you don't have to spend $500. And no matter what, the fact that the iPhone and iPod Touch are now gaming devices is because the developers and users want to make and play games on them. We vote with our wallets and no matter how deep you head is in the sand, that won't change.
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whatever, the whole concept doesnt appeal to me. if apple decides to get into the gaming market with a gaming device it might be something to look into but i dont care for iphone, ipod touch or ipad.
those are pretty big numbers but a lot of those ppl who own it dont game or even use half of the funcionalities. i know ppl who got it just cause they wanted the latest shiny thing on the market.
i'll get myself a nds and a psp with the titles that appeal to me. thats how i cast my vote.
get whatever rocks ur boat
EDIT: OOOOOOOOOOOh, i just saw ur occupation on ur profile. LOL! that sure shed some light into this argument. i guess it's legit to defend your source of income.
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I don't hide my occupation, but still I'm not an Apple fanboy as you might suspect. I'm too adult to be a fanboy of anything anymore. Besides, my occupation bears no relevance to the facts of the situation.
1) Apple created the iPhone and iPod Touch and started selling them to the customers.
2) Apple opened App Store and made the iPhone SDK public.
3) Indie devs started making games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and people started buying them and playing.
4) The App Store market grew at a staggering pace, and bigger and bigger developers and publisher got interested.
That's a rough timeline of what has happened. My point is that Apple didn't choose to make a gaming device, they designed and made a multipurpose "appliance." We, the developers and customers, have turned it into a potent gaming platform. IMO that is the key, and that is also why the platform will continue to grow and succeed.
