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Re: Beware, Nintendo DS: video games come of age on the iPhone 3G

Prince — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:31:01 -0000

Man this is so biased it makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it would help if you actually acknowledged the DS for at least half the article? I like how you would have readers believe that when the same game is available on both iPhone and PSP, or perhaps DS, it's considerably 'harder' on the latter...
Remind me how a conventional D-pad or analog stick are hard to digest? And let's not even mention those four buttons loitering mischevously on the other side of the screen...
But on the plus side, I'm so glad "developers are exploiting these features"! But of course don't get me wrong, by 'features' we all know you mean just tilt and touch. Just tilt and touch. Hang on a sec, what gamechanging features were you talking about again?

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Cyn0113 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:58:56 -0000

While many tout the wonderful control scheme of the iPhone, it's great for casual games which don't require many buttons, but touch screens are limited if you're trying to create something that has a lot of options. Sure, the iPhone can have some awesome racing games that utilize its tilt system and some fun puzzle games that use the touch screen, but you're not going to find many games that use both very well.

The more control options you want, the more buttons you'll have to festoon the touch screen with, which either means they'll have to be tiny buttons (which will lead to lots of frustrated people) or you'll have a tiny space for the actual game images. Imagine trying to put games like God of War: Chains of Olympus onto the iPhone. They did a good job with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed but the simplicity of the touch screen controls made it disgustingly simple to beat.

For anyone who scoffs at the battery life being the 'only' superior feature of the PSP or DS, that's a big issue for many of us. If I play anything demanding on my iPhone the battery is nearly dead before the end of my commute. That'd never last me long enough for a long bus or plane ride, a wait in a doctors office or the like.

There's also one factor people aren't considering here: brand loyalty. I've been a Nintendo customer all my life and although I don't like every game they put out, I've always found something from them that satisfied me. As an avid gamer nothing on the iPhone has held my interest for very long, but I'm still playing my PSP and DS every day on my way to and from work. The iPhone might conquer the world of cellphone gaming and even take some of the casual gamers away from the DS and PSP, but it's never going to be the dominant power unless it increases in size (allowing for a bigger touch screen) or adds buttons.

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Deucalion — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:55:24 -0000

Love the heated debate between Apple-fanboys and other fanboys. Personally I find Apple products overpriced for the spec's and fragile compared to "more primitive technology". Yes, I actually prefer the "primitive technology" because I'm not loaded, but with system mod's my DS can do pretty much everything the Ipod Touch can just at a lower res/quality for free or fairly cheap. Movies, games, Apps, mp3 music(just buy nice headphones/earbuds) and I'm not limited by a built in harddrive a few micro sd cards and I'm set.

Also for year's people have claimed Apple product's are superior perhaps it is just the advertising. IF you like working on stuff/hacking/tweaking running your own programs not just the stuff Apple sells do not buy an Apple product very little 3rd party mod's and things you can do.

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miley — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:18:38 -0000

so wich is better iphone or iphone 3g

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miley — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:16:37 -0000

so wich is beter the iphone or the iphone 3g

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jamesisking — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:57:27 -0000

Ahem... DS great titles? The iPhone/iPod Touch have Asphalt 4: Elite Racing, Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Toy Bot Diaries 1 and 2, X Plane 9, Wave Blazer, PowerBoat Challenge 3D, Bejeweled 2, Tetris, Spore, Super monkey ball, Crash Nitro Kart 3D, Kroll, Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes, De Blob, Guitar Legend world tour, GTS World racing, Raging thunder, Cro Mag rally, Enigmo, Nanosaur 2, Billy Frontier, Bugdom 2, Antimatter, Jelly Car, Aurora Feint the beginning, Black Mamba racer, Moto Chaser, Line Rider, Texas Holdem, Blackjack 21 Pro, Band, Pocket Guitar, Virtual Pool, Vegas Pool Sharks, iCopter, Touchgrind, Fieldrunners, iDrummer: Ministry of Sound Anthems, UNO, Ace Tnnis Online, Real Football 2009, Need For Speed Undercover, Pac Man...I could go on, but I won't...

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ConcernedGamer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:53:59 -0000

When the hell is the release date for NFS undercover. I've spent weeks looking for a release date but can't find one. The november release date was not real and the december 1st date was not reached either. Some one please help

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JTBentley — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:20:32 -0000

There's a huge amount of potential on the iPhone if they can keep piracy in check........ Of course, that's kinda the problem :)

It would also be good to see at least a basic level of quality control.

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Kelly — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:06:46 -0000

Well this is really good news actually because I've been debating on whether to a videogame console or an iPhone for my fiance for Christmas.

Ever since he bought me a gorgeous diamond necklace from www.idonowidont.com as a early Christmas present he has been hinting for some type of new video game console.

But if they are all ending up available on iPhone anyway i would just get him that instead!

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text-to-screen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:05:00 -0000

I think iphone needs more roll playing games! Like Old Skool Diablo but networked

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CJT3 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:57:30 -0000

I think that as a gaming device, the iPhone is above the DS... The games I've seen on the iPhone haven't had as good of graphics as some games that I play on my PSP. I don't know whether or not the graphics can be that good yet since I have yet to find many games with higher graphics than Super Monkey Ball on the iPhone. Though I have not played my PSP ever since the iPhone 2.0 software came out. As an overall developing platform, the iPhone of course beasts the PSP and DS (since they are not comparable in that sense). When comparing the three as web browsing devices, the iPhone takes the cake, then comes the PSP with it's difficult to control cursor... but the DS, unless I am mistaken, doesn't even have a web browser. Another great thing about the iPhone is the internal storage, you don't have to worry about losing your game cartridges or your UMDs, the games are just there ready to go and usually boot up faster than PSP or DS equivalent games.

Overall, I think that more people would play games on the iPhone than the other platforms, since there are not that many adults that would by a PSP instead of the latest phone. And since they are going to by the phone, the gaming capability is just an added bonus, and they will always have it to pass the time.

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Edward Kastin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:00:08 -0000

Sorry but this article seems rather like wishful thinking, as person who has the Nintendo DS and Iphone I have to say I seriously doubt the phone will ever challenge the DS. This is mostly because the iphone just doesn't have the same capabilities, the graphics are about as good as the flash games you play online. The DS graphics are much better and the gameplay too, due to the fact it actually has a control pad as-ell as a touch screen. Maybe in the far future if Apple makes some big changes to its product. Even though by the time apple do update there software Nintendo and Sony will have most likely brought a product out thats much more powerful

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San — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:05:42 -0000

I'm not a game addict, but have got a psp and iphone myself.
I have to say that as for game console i would prefer the psp, but it just doesn't go 'in my pocket'.

I used to play a lot on my psp, but ever since i got my iphone i just never started it up again. My iphone is my mobile, my organizer, my browser, my music, and yes, my games. That's why i prefer the iphone myself. I always got it with me because i always need it, when i want to play a game, i don't have to think: Oh, i forgot my psp again..

Anyway, as for gaming i do like the psp better, but i won't use it over my iphone.

In my opinion the DS is a fail, because the iphone games much nicer.

Sorry for my bad english tho,
- Later

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Matthew — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:19:50 -0000

And the Beatles were originally turned down by the first record labels they went to. Think about that.

Keep being a naysayer.

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Phil — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:44:56 -0000

Me for one. I'm seriously considering buying my 7 year old a iPod touch for Christmas, primarily as a games machine with a free iPod thrown in. If I buy a few games i'll be quids in. His mates have DS's but so far he's not had anything.

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Nihils Maw — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:40:57 -0000

As someone who owns a ds psp and iphone, I'd have to say that people claiming the iphone is even useable as a gaming device are kidding themselves or have never played another handheld system in their life (including the original game boy). The layout is just terrible for almost all games and almost every game for it stinks.

I have played dozens of the "high rated" iphone games and the only one that has been able to catch my attention for more than 5 minutes was tetris. It was still the worst version of tetris I have ever played because the touch screen is just bad for games, but I guess its all right while im waiting in line at the supermarket.

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MessengerBoy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:42:51 -0000

I think walkman may really be Steve Ballmer in disguise laughing at the iPhone again. :)

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mangaturtle — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:51:02 -0000

Does this mean we may finally see Bioshock released for the mac?

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Chris Stott — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:57:19 -0000

We're not talking about Macs, we're talking about handheld gaming devices.

The narrow (but lucrative) market is the people who are buying iPhones and iPod Touches compared to the people who are buying DSs like crazy for their children. Under 10-years-old. People like me, with my kids and nieces and nephews.

Yes-yes-yes, iPhone/Touch is making gigantic leaps and bounds, selling like crazy and they'll take over the world and we'll all be walking around staring at 3.25" screens, the technology is better and has so much promise... but first they'll have to convince the family in the minivan on the way to grandma's house to give the kids in the back Touches instead of the cheaper, simpler, easier to understand DS (we're talking Sally Homemaker here, not Joe the Programmer). Sally Homemaker makes the budget, she's not dropping $229 on an Touch, she'll give the $99 DS. Trust me. I'm married to Sally Homemaker. She's not going to do it any time soon.

And as long as there's that all important, critical aspect of economics involved, iPhone/Touch will remain a narrow (but lucrative) market.

Let me get this straight, the article talks about Nintendo "looking over its shoulder" while the iPhone/Touch sneaks up on it. It completely fails to take into account demographics and markets beyond technophiles.

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manny — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:58:45 -0000

The total Apple touch platform is not just 12M iphone - need to include iPod touch here as well since the games could be played at both Iphone and Ipod Touch - total number probably close to 35M devices (as of sep 24 when Q3 numbers were released). The number of Iphone/Ipod touch devices will probably cross 50M by the end of the year - a very sizable market indeed.

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Mo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:37:15 -0000

Calm down. the iphone is trying to be something it isn't and never will be. The DS is addictive and has some great titles, EA's Need for Speed franchise ran out of steam after Underground. The DS is too good an I cant understand why you jokers think that the iPhone can even touch the DS. Sh*t sh*t an more sh*t. Eat it.

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adi — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:07:04 -0000

one thing none of you can argue against: I like to play games by pressing buttons. I don't like touch screen or motion sensitive controls