Android and the Iphone are a threat to Sony and Nintendo good reason why !

[joeorc]

Impulsivity said:

 @joeorc  too bad middleware is banned in the new iphone rules so those kinds of non apple dev kits that make it super easy to port to android are worthless.

  I would say thats a good move by Apple since it keeps people more locked to their platform and preserves the app advantage.  Plus most things made with middleware suck compared to natively developed apps.

no need to port since unity work's on android anyway.

an as for unity being locked out

maybe not in this case read this:

April 14 2010Unity and the iPhone OS 4.0, update

by David Helgason on Rants & Raves

Dear Unity developers,

I wanted to take a moment today to follow up on my blog post last Friday regarding the recent controversial changes in the the iPhone OS 4.0 beta ToS. The news about this change from Apple has drawn a lot of attention and stirred up very strong emotions in many developer communities, including ours. There’s also been a great deal of commentary about how these changes will be interpreted and applied by Apple and still more discussion about Apple’s intent with these changes. Unity learned of these changes with the rest of you just last Thursday and today, there remains a great deal of uncertainty about these changes being final and what we may need to do to comply.

We’re meeting with Apple next week to discuss the matter, and our engineers have been discussing possible technical solutions as well. Of course, we’ll provide you with immediate updates as soon as we have any new information.

Just in case the ToS changes do end up being a problem, we’re already working hard to find and implement solutions to maintain uninterrupted compliance with Apple’s ToS.

Though any uncertainly about Unity’s future on this platform is unpleasant, our feeling is that we’ll be okay. We remain firmly committed to providing you with the very best game engine for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Thank you all so much for your patience and support. It means everything to us.

http://blogs.unity3d.com/2010/04/14/unity-and-the-iphone-os-4-0-update/