Steve Jobs means to upgrade his status in the video game field. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Apple has made clear that it intends to go after Nintendo's turf." Among the Big Three members of the game industry, Nintendo is by far the most successful. The company is expected to sell 30 million of its DS units this year.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Sony could have easily (and still can) beat apple to the punch with a 3G phone gaming device. If apple gets out first, they'll corner the market for sure.
just of matter of time i saw this coming a mile away when ea jump on with the madden10...........but i still wont do portable gaming
I suppose Apple's reentry into the game industry is only inevitable. I hear the fanboys of Apple are ruthless.
Sony will make a preemptive strike with a PSP2 with 2 analog sticks and built in 3G (like the Amazon Kindle).
No way am I buying an ipod touch I want an Iphone so i can use it anywhere not just in wifi areas. But i cant as many cant in america because ATandT has exclusive rights to iphone and many areas cant get that. So there not getting my and thousands of others support because of that. As well where are the great games for iphone? They need better original franchises and games than nintendo has produced. They have a long way to go with that.