IGN sure loves to throw out 10's lately.

Infinity Blade is supported by Apple itself as far as I know. So it is not a direct indication of anything.

As a long time gamer and a smartphone owner, I don't think smartphones can't replace dedicated handhelds. 99% of the games are crap and the few good ones are crippled by the lack of controls. Some RPG's and some basic games in which not much input is required work well and that is it.

Some of the casual handheld owners are heading that way, that is for sure though.

There should be a smartphone gaming thread to discuss games.

Skyrim got a 9.5 from IGN, it was uncharted that got the 10 aswell as zelda :p

Thanks :). I signed up one year ago but I don't post much because of my terrible English. It is difficult to get my point accross.

I am not very sure about Apple having a hand either, but at least it was shown in a big Iphone event. That itself is a big support I think.

Infinity Blade was a big success, if I recall correctly it broke records for a smartphone game. I don't own an Iphone so I can't comment on the gameplay but it looks like a QTE based- game, correct? I watched a few gameplay videos but I didn't really understand how it works.

I think the crappiness of the games is related to systems themselves more than the lack of effort shown by the developers. To give you an example, Gameloft games are high quality games. They are copycats of big games but so what, they are still very good on paper. If they were available on PSP, they would be great. Unfortunately, they are not fun to play on smartphones. Lack of a proper control scheme kills them. Developers make the games easier to make up for it which is even worse. Xperia Play was a good  attempt but the because of the slidepad the phone was bulky. Another problem is the prices. It is a big risk to develop big budget games because you have to sell a lot to make a profit, so only a few publishers take the risk. Even EA makes games like tetris and as such.

With more and more big profile publishers joining the bandwagon I think quality of the games will be increased, but definitely not to somewhere very high.

Maybe I am negative about phone gaming because I want Vita to be successful so much, but I just don't see it replacing handhelds.

Haha well yeah. BTW my sig is like that because I lost a bet to aldro, all the talk about it is on my wall. (Still, my sig isn't too far from my real opinion)

I have been playing video games from the beginning....literally! I replaced my laptop with an ipad2 about 6 months ago, and just got an iPhone 4s a week after launch. So, I can say that the games are definitely "different" on iOS devices. I also can tell you that most of them were developed with low power small screens in mind. The most current games coming out are much closer to reaching the "core" gamers. They still do not have the controls that are easy to use for action games, but that will also improve over time. Reality is, the Vita should have come out 2 years ago... Now, within the next year or so, these mobile devices will be matching all the capabilities of the Vita, and they will be near free when you sign up for your cell carrier!