Comments on: iPhone OS 3.0: What it Means for Gamers

By: Ledlight

Ledlight — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:34:54 +0000

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By: janus

janus — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:28:44 +0000

It seems like the iphone/ipod touch are becoming more and more just vending machines. Except that traditionally the vendor pays for the machine, and the customer just buys the product. Here, they make you buy the vending machine! I like Apple, but I hope Apple is unsuccessful in this. I think Apple is abusing its customers by doing this.

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:35:09 +0000

@ Matt , I agree with you.

I also think that people would loose attract of how much they have brought in the app. That's a good way to waste money on a gun or a radio in the sims 3.

By: Josh S

Josh S — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:54:31 +0000

Super cool guys. I love thephto that went along with the article

By: frog

frog — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:49:34 +0000

As for no in-game payments for free games. Loads of games are free, either initially or for a certain period - I wonder how Apple will deal with that.

By: iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:22:50 +0000

"you can pay an additional $0.99 for example to gain access to a better gun"

I would never pay for any game that operated on this principal. Period.

By: MattM

MattM — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:37:14 +0000

As to buying guns and such in game, I'm cautiously optimistic that the market will weed out the bad stuff. But at the same time, if, all told, a kick ass FPS cost 10 bucks or so (after buying all the weapons), that's a pretty good price, don't you think?

By: Statto

Statto — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:35:37 +0000

Never mind the iPhone being a true competitor to the likes of Sony & Nintendo; I'd like to see it be a true competitor to all the other "smartphones" by having a better (open) calendar database that rivals the current Palm OS calendar app (let alone whatever the Pre might bring) or even WM for example. I can't believe Apple won't do this, and that more people aren't jumping up and down about it.

By: frog

frog — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:14:39 +0000

In-App purchases have the potential to destroy the AppStore. Sure a TomTom app, letting you buy a new map makes sense. But a new gun in a FPS??? A new engine in a car racing game??? No thanks Apple!

By: Justin G

Justin G — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:09:28 +0000

Do you guys think that with the new APIs and the increased ability for dock connections to run programs on the iPhone we will see external games? Like a DS kind of deal where you attach it to the device and the game runs?

By: striatic

striatic — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:06:06 +0000

"I’m waiting for some third party company to come up with a controller that can attach around the iphone in landscape mode connecting on the dock connector."

this will happen, probably just later this year. it is certainly possible under the 3.0 framework.

it'll be interesting to see if any standards ends up being adopted, and whether different systems will end up battling for dominance.

i'd also imagine that many of these controller systems will include battery packs to extend game-time.

By: antonioj

antonioj — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:56:52 +0000

Neil from ngmoco already admited at toucharcade that if a external controler proves itself as popular they will support it on their games

By: Wesley

Wesley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:34:46 +0000

AppStore is available in 77 countries. But what about the "Games" section? Since AppStore's release here on Brazil, no games were available. That's extremely frustrating, since some of the major benefits of having an iPhone is gaming and on other countries the device costs more than the US$ 199 we were promised (here the first option costs approximately US$ 700, it's BRL 1500,00).

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:31:11 +0000

Seeing that iphone games won all but 1 award at the independent game festival,im guessing this means more great games and more money in the developers pocket??

http://toucharcade.com/2009/03/24/igf-mobile-winners-announced-at-gdc-2009/

By: visco

visco — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:31:01 +0000

Initially, I thought the in game purchase would be a great way to offer a free trial level, then then option to purchase the full game, allowing developers not to make a "free" version. But to my understanding, in game purchases can only be enabled for purchased games. can anyone verify this?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:28:11 +0000

Well since developers can now make an app that communicates with an accessory, like the blood pressure monitor in the OS 3.0 announcement, wouldn't that mean developers and accessory makers could get together and make a controller that interfaces with their games?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:08:49 +0000

I don't like the idea of buying upgrades for a game that I've already bought or have a paid subscription to. Why would I want to pay a buck to use a different weapon and what happened to earning these upgrades through skill? From an invested point of veiw it's nice to charge people willing to pay, but as a user paying for extras turns me away.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:07:27 +0000

I'm waiting for some third party company to come up with a controller that can attach around the iphone in landscape mode connecting on the dock connector. As far as I'm concerned, the iphone is not a handheld gaming console contender until the option for physical buttons exist. Touch and tilt controls do not work for every game and the on screen buttons that are faintly laid over the action on the screen do not work either for anything outside of casual games. Outside of this, the iphone is the perfect platform, it has digitally downloaded titles so there is no need to drive to the store, there is soon to be added voice chat in game, more multiplayer options, and also has the capability to allow for online gaming from anywhere, not just at a wireless hotspot like the PSP and Nintendo DS. Man, if there were physical buttons, the system has the horsepower to play some comparable games to the PSP it just really needs a removable control and it would be perfect.

By: BriBerry

BriBerry — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:04:26 +0000

I'm concerned about how the in app purchases will be utilized... buying content like guns in first person shooters would be an unfortunate development for gaming, when a multiplayer experience should be much more unified, not giving people with more money bigger guns. Broader purchase options seem more appropriate (such as buying level expansions from within the game)

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:45:42 +0000

Why do I have the feeling Jeremy meant "Let's say I'm pwn'ing Rene in Halo Touch and he sends a quick HELP! message to Dieter. A push notification would show up on Dieter's iPhone, and by tapping it, Dieter could launch Halo Touch as well and instantly join us in the game -- where I'd pwn him to!"

Sigh. Apple making it easier to get served by gamer friends