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The majority of these games you can play multiplayer online via WiFi, local bluetooth, or wireless 3G coverage if you have the iPhone. Within the next two weeks, Apple is kick starting its much anticipated 'Xbox-Live' style Game Center, to unify the multiplayer aspect of all these games so devs don't have to code their own multiplayer systems.

As you've noticed, some of your dear DS and PSP games are in there, and some exclusives and multiplats from EA, Activision, Capcom, Rockstar, Sega, THQ, and Square-Enix as well, and at a fraction of their cost due to the fact that all games are downloaded through WiFi, effectively cutting retail distribution costs.

There are three MMORPG's that are already in its library including Graal Online, Pocket Legends Online and some admittedly obscure title. Dunno if MMO's are common on a mobile gaming device, but they're there on the iPhone.

Apple's iPad seeks to bring the same formula on a much bigger screen with much higher resolution and quadruple the horsepower. It's essentially the first 10 inch screen mobile gaming device that also happens to be a computer. I wouldn't count on writing Apple off in the videogame industry just yet.

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#2 locopatho
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Possibly a 56k warning required :P But yeah totally agreed, don't see why people have such an issue admitting this...
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and yes, the majority of these games you can play multiplayer online via WiFi, local bluetooth, or wireless 3G coverage if you have the iPhone.

As you've noticed, some of your dear DS and PSP games are in there, and some exclusives and multiplats from EA, Activision, Capcom, Rockstar, Sega, THQ, and Square-Enix as well.

There are three MMORPG's that are already in its library including Graal Online, Pocket Legends Online and some admittedly obscure title. Dunno if MMO's are common on a mobile gaming device, but they're there on the iPhone.

Apple's iPad seeks to bring the same formula on a much bigger screen with much higher resolution. It's essentially the first 10 inch screen mobile gaming device. I wouldn't count on writing Apple off in the videogame industry just yet.

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Yes it does. But buttons on the screen that you are watching the game on? Ew. That's why I only enjoy some of the iPhone games, like Doodle Jump :).
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Possibly a 56k warning required :P But yeah totally agreed, don't see why people have such an issue admitting this...locopatho

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

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[QUOTE="locopatho"]Possibly a 56k warning required :P But yeah totally agreed, don't see why people have such an issue admitting this...treedoor

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

Well at that point we are into arguing what "counts" as a game, which is silly. Then we gotta go into the whole thing of "O Heavy rain isn't a game, it's a movie!" and "Wii Fit isn't a game, it's crap!" and so on. If it's something you can play, it's a game.
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[QUOTE="locopatho"]Possibly a 56k warning required :P But yeah totally agreed, don't see why people have such an issue admitting this...treedoor

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

Sure, find me a free flash game that plays and looks like Grand Theft Auto Chinatown, Assassins Creed and Brothers in Arms. Good luck!

Forgot to mention that GTA Chinatown Wars scored higher on iPhone than on the DS, and cost a whole 20 dollars less to buy. The same goes for a lot of DS ports. Having people download games in an online app store cuts the need for the middleman retail system, making games that much cheaper.

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Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free.... Reason why Flash was omitted? Aren't they in trouble for this now?

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Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free....karasill
That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.
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words with friends is so addictive. i know its just scrabble but the multiplayer aspect is great. nearly all my friends play it and i've always got 5-10 games on the go. Jetjetjim if anyone wants a game

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words with friends is so addictive. i know its just scrabble but the multiplayer aspect is great. nearly all my friends play it and i've always got 5-10 games on the go. Jetjetjim if anyone wants a game

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Tell me about it. It's like Scrabble in a weird MMO format. I love that you play together with your friends at your own pace, regardless of where they are in the world.
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[QUOTE="karasill"]Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free....RetroBoy17
That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.

Well good for you. As far as a gaming machine goes, the iPhone is technically the wrost. You can argue how you think it's better, but the fact that it wasn't built for gaming in mind is proof enough. Anyway the reason why those devices dont have Flash support is so you don't go to websites that offer free flash games. Apple wants you to go to their store for your game fix. They are in legal trouble for not allowing developers create Flash based products for their devices so hopefully they will support Flash for their mobile devices.
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[QUOTE="treedoor"]

[QUOTE="locopatho"]Possibly a 56k warning required :P But yeah totally agreed, don't see why people have such an issue admitting this...locopatho

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

Well at that point we are into arguing what "counts" as a game, which is silly. Then we gotta go into the whole thing of "O Heavy rain isn't a game, it's a movie!" and "Wii Fit isn't a game, it's crap!" and so on. If it's something you can play, it's a game.

That's not what I'm arguing.


The point is is that without buttons you've already put a huge limitation on the potential of how good certain games can be on the iPhone.

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[QUOTE="locopatho"][QUOTE="treedoor"]

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

treedoor

Well at that point we are into arguing what "counts" as a game, which is silly. Then we gotta go into the whole thing of "O Heavy rain isn't a game, it's a movie!" and "Wii Fit isn't a game, it's crap!" and so on. If it's something you can play, it's a game.

That's not what I'm arguing.


The point is is that without buttons you've already put a huge limitation on the potential of how good certain games can be on the iPhone.

Don't knock unless you've tried. I wreak havoc almost too gracefully in Grand Theft Auto and slay hordes of alien soldiers in the FPS Nova on multi-touch controls. Just like the DS took getting used to with the stylus, so too does multi-touch need getting used to. In fact, FPS's are argueably more comfortable to play on the iPhone/iTouch than on the DS, and I speak from experience. (metroid prime hunters) Racing games are as natural as tilting, and I'm actually surprised as hell that the DS didn't have an accelerometer of its own for the likes of super monkey ball and mario kart. (They sure made a plastic wheel for the Wii) RTS's? Home territory on Multi-Touch. Command and Conquer proves it. I'm sure RTS is equally as good on DS though. Can't say the same about PSP. Virtual controls aren't bad. They just need getting used to, much like how Sony Fanboys dissed the DS to all hell at first.

And did you find those flash games that play and look like the three games I listed? Or are you going to dodge that one?

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[QUOTE="karasill"]Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free....RetroBoy17
That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.

10000 free games and assorted software, everything you can find on Android, only android doesnt have 10 of the same damn app and count that towards the final tally. Iphone apps are incredible overated for the most part, take this from someone who owns one... JB aswell.
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[QUOTE="locopatho"][QUOTE="treedoor"]

No one disagrees that the iPhone has games just like no one disagrees you can find free flash games on websites like Newgrounds and such.

And yes, I am hinting at something here.

treedoor

Well at that point we are into arguing what "counts" as a game, which is silly. Then we gotta go into the whole thing of "O Heavy rain isn't a game, it's a movie!" and "Wii Fit isn't a game, it's crap!" and so on. If it's something you can play, it's a game.

That's not what I'm arguing.


The point is is that without buttons you've already put a huge limitation on the potential of how good certain games can be on the iPhone.

Yeah and someone could argue the same about Wiimote vs 360 pad, or 360 pad vs mouse or keyboard. It has good games, end of story. (I don't own any Apple products or even like them btw, I just don't understand why people can see a massive list of games like TC posted and still doubt the iWhatevers as gaming machines...)

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@OP

People in the likes of System Wars, and places like IGN's Nintendo Wii Fanboy Lobby, will however continue to write Apple off until we get to a certain point where doing so just makes them look blindly obsessive and irrational, like all proper hardcore fanboys, and maybe then they will have no choice but to at least acknowledge Apple as a genuine force in gaming.

I mean surely even the various fanboys don't want to look blindly obsessive and irrational right?

I'd argue that we are clearly already there but there's no harm in giving them a few more months to wake up and smell the coffee.

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most of those games are:

A: bad, watered downports

B: blatant copies of other games

C: uninteresting.

There are a few games that are nice(chaos rings for example) but i'd take my DS or PSP over the iTouch any day.

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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="karasill"]Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free....Birdy09
That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.

10000 free games and assorted software, everything you can find on Android, only android doesnt have 10 of the same damn app and count that towards the final tally. Iphone apps are incredible overated for the most part, take this from someone who owns one... JB aswell.

I think both the iPhone and Android based phones are all overrated. Their TV ads make them out to be so much cooler and streamlined then what they actually are. But nowadays a soso product with really good advertising will make you millions, even billions...
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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="karasill"]Yeah the iPhone/iTouch do have some pretty good games. However, since they are not dedicated gaming machines the experience is not as good as it should be (yes I'm taking a stab at the controls). I'd take the DS or PSP over iPhone gaming anyday. Also, it's pretty sad that they don't have Flash support (I might have bought the iPad if it did) to open them up to so many more free games online... Wait a minute.... I said free... Apple doesn't like free....Birdy09
That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.

10000 free games and assorted software, everything you can find on Android, only android doesnt have 10 of the same damn app and count that towards the final tally. Iphone apps are incredible overated for the most part, take this from someone who owns one... JB aswell.

Pfft... iPhone apps overrated, heheh.. There are apps that provide functionality that exist on the iPhone that have yet to be seen on Android. There's an app that turns the iPhone into a scanner, uses OCR to convert the scan into an editable PDF, and can fax it right in the same app from the iPhone. There's an app that warns you of nearby police, and even can stream real-time radio frequencies that police and fire stations use in every state and county if you really needed to know what's going on with a nearby incident. There's an app for remote-controlling any laptop, PC or Mac using VNC or RDP Clients. There are SSH client log-ins, a multitude of business and productivity apps. Even then, keep it on the games and guess what? Android has nothing BUT the same flash-quality shovelware trash that everyone misrepresented the iPhone for having nothing but.
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I see that all the Apple fans has moved on from the Phone Gaming Forum to SW.

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I fully recognise the IPhone and IPad as devices that you play games on but they have two issues with me.

1: The controls. Without any buttons on the thing the games available for it is really limited.

2: The library. The IPhone has a huge library but the quality games are really few and most of them can't even compare to DS games.

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I see that all the Apple fans has moved on from the Phone Gaming Forum to SW.

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I fully recognise the IPhone and IPad as devices that you play games on but they have two issues with me.

1: The controls. Without any buttons on the thing the games available for it is really limited.

2: The library. The IPhone has a huge library but the quality games are really few and most of them can't even compare to DS games.

JLF1

I respect your opinion and thank you for it I definitely see the issue with number 1, but again, multi-touch works, just takes getting used to like how the stylus for the DS was mocked by every PSP fan. Number 2 is very subjective. There are people that went BANANAS over Monkey Island and Sam n Max came out of nowhere. Pheonix Wright, GTA China Town Wars, and Assassins Creed 1 and 2 not only are on the iPhone as well, but some of them scored higher for sharper and more fluid graphics. I have yet to see an FPS that looks and PLAYS as good as any of the five best FPS's on the iPhone. Many games in the App Store compare to the DS, so much that many of them were even ported from the DS.

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#23 amaneuvering
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[QUOTE="JLF1"]

I see that all the Apple fans has moved on from the Phone Gaming Forum to SW.

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I fully recognise the IPhone and IPad as devices that you play games on but they have two issues with me.

1: The controls. Without any buttons on the thing the games available for it is really limited.

2: The library. The IPhone has a huge library but the quality games are really few and most of them can't even compare to DS games.

RetroBoy17

I respect your opinion and thank you for it I definitely see the issue with number 1, but again, multi-touch works, just takes getting used to like how the stylus for the DS was mocked by every PSP fan. Number 2 is very subjective. There are people that went BANANAS over Monkey Island and Sam n Max came out of nowhere. Pheonix Wright, GTA China Town Wars, and Assassins Creed 1 and 2 not only are on the iPhone as well, but some of them scored higher for sharper and more fluid graphics. I have yet to see an FPS that looks and PLAYS as good as any of the five best FPS's on the iPhone. Many games in the App Store compare to the DS, so much that many of them were even ported from the DS.

I'd also say the fact that the iPhone/iPad screens are multi-touch and they also have very responsive gyroscopes (or whatever they use) really can make up for a lack of buttons in a lot of cases.

Driving games, puzzle games and strategy games seem to be very suited to the iPhone/iPad for example.

I mean I definitely think buttons are vastly superior for certain types of games, no doubt about it, but I don't think the iPhone/iPad are quite as gimped as many core gamers possibly think they are.

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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="Birdy09"][QUOTE="RetroBoy17"] That must explain the tens of thousands of free games and assorted other software. In fact, a good heft of the games in the list up there are in fact, free (obviously the more simple looking games) What happened to not liking free? I'd rather take my iTouch/iPhone with me than my DS or PSP. Why? Because I don't have to carry my DS or PSP in my pocket, which don't even fit if I'm wearing normal clothing. iPhone owners even get the benefit of not having to have their phone AND their DS or PSP in their pockets. Just one device to do it all. Aside from getting multiplats? I get my entire video and music collection, youtube, internet and email, and a bunch of other nerdy geeky utilities that increase the usefulness of my gaming device beyond just gaming. I can control my computer from anywhere using sharescreen over WiFi if I even wanted to.

10000 free games and assorted software, everything you can find on Android, only android doesnt have 10 of the same damn app and count that towards the final tally. Iphone apps are incredible overated for the most part, take this from someone who owns one... JB aswell.

Pfft... iPhone apps overrated, heheh.. There are apps that provide functionality that exist on the iPhone that have yet to be seen on Android. There's an app that turns the iPhone into a scanner, uses OCR to convert the scan into an editable PDF, and can fax it right in the same app from the iPhone. There's an app that warns you of nearby police, and even can stream real-time radio frequencies that police and fire stations use in every state and county if you really needed to know what's going on with a nearby incident. There's an app for remote-controlling any laptop, PC or Mac using VNC or RDP Clients. There are SSH client log-ins, a multitude of business and productivity apps. Even then, keep it on the games and guess what? Android has nothing BUT the same flash-quality shovelware trash that everyone misrepresented the iPhone for having nothing but.

The irony of this is more JB apps are better than the flashy junk on the Iphone, with apple holding back on basic features aswell its hilarious how you enjoy getting milked by they closed OS... fact is, Android is catching and will be capable of all those and more. the Iphone started the trend, but just like the Mac, people value custimization and open source content like Windows over flash and high price tags. Phone in general are gaming machines, Iphone just has a head start.
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Impressive list, but the majority of games that require even the slightest precise movement control horribly on the Iphone/ touch. Touch screen controls alone feel horrible, are awkward, frustrating, block the already tiny screen.

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Those actually look really good.
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Looks somewhat good, but the gameplay is **** in 85% of those titles.

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Too bad the games look like absolute GARBAGE. I'd be impressed if the machine was released 4 or 5 years ago, but it's 2010. The new Sony handheld, and probably the nintendo one as well, will undoubtedly put the ipad to shame from a technical standpoint. The Ipad wont beable to compete as a gaming platform, as it is something that will continuously be upgrading. A game for the ipad released in a year may not even be playable on the models out now.

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Looks somewhat good, but the gameplay is **** in 85% of those titles.

lucky_star
Because you've played 85% of those titles? Good one. If they were so crappy, I suppose millions upon millions of people wouldn't be buying them, yet here they are, buying them, and here we have developers citing their successes. Be bitter as you may, you sound like a Sony PSP Fanboy crying over the Nintendo DS. Only this time, it's the new kid on the block.
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Too bad the games look like absolute GARBAGE. I'd be impressed if the machine was released 4 or 5 years ago, but it's 2010. The new Sony handheld, and probably the nintendo one as well, will undoubtedly put the ipad to shame from a technical standpoint. The Ipad wont beable to compete as a gaming platform, as it is something that will continuously be upgrading. A game for the ipad released in a year may not even be playable on the models out now.

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Visually, a lot of those games surpass DS in the visual department. O_o I suppose if iPhone games look like GARBAGE, then DS graphics look like SCUM
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[QUOTE="lucky_star"]

Looks somewhat good, but the gameplay is **** in 85% of those titles.

RetroBoy17
Because you've played 85% of those titles? Good one. If they were so crappy, I suppose millions upon millions of people wouldn't be buying them, yet here they are, buying them, and here we have developers citing their successes. Be bitter as you may, you sound like a Sony PSP Fanboy crying over the Nintendo DS. Only this time, it's the new kid on the block.

Heh millions of people buy crappy games all the time, that's why videogames that have tie ins to movies sell really well.
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[QUOTE="Birdy09"][QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="Birdy09"] Pfft... iPhone apps overrated, heheh.. There are apps that provide functionality that exist on the iPhone that have yet to be seen on Android. There's an app that turns the iPhone into a scanner, uses OCR to convert the scan into an editable PDF, and can fax it right in the same app from the iPhone. There's an app that warns you of nearby police, and even can stream real-time radio frequencies that police and fire stations use in every state and county if you really needed to know what's going on with a nearby incident. There's an app for remote-controlling any laptop, PC or Mac using VNC or RDP Clients. There are SSH client log-ins, a multitude of business and productivity apps. Even then, keep it on the games and guess what? Android has nothing BUT the same flash-quality shovelware trash that everyone misrepresented the iPhone for having nothing but.

The irony of this is more JB apps are better than the flashy junk on the Iphone, with apple holding back on basic features aswell its hilarious how you enjoy getting milked by they closed OS... fact is, Android is catching and will be capable of all those and more. the Iphone started the trend, but just like the Mac, people value custimization and open source content like Windows over flash and high price tags. Phone in general are gaming machines, Iphone just has a head start.

The problem is that Android isn't a fixed platform - games need to be tailored for all the possible hardware setups that come with the different phones. This means that a game needs to be designed to cater for the lowest spec, unless you start introducing system requirements, which ruins the point of portable gaming. The iPod/iPhone doesn't have this problem - there are only two different hardware specs ATM (the 1st/2nd gen, and the current 3rd gen)

Impressive list, but the majority of games that require even the slightest precise movement control horribly on the Iphone/ touch. Touch screen controls alone feel horrible, are awkward, frustrating, block the already tiny screen.

tramp
It's really not that bad. My DS broke a while ago, and my iPod has been a really great replacement for the time being. Real Racing beats any racing simulator on the DS (I'm actually being serious here, the accelerometer + cockpit view really helps), and the platforming/shooting games I've tried so far work just fine. It's fairly inaccurate, admittedly, but once you get used to it it's not a problem.
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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="lucky_star"]

Looks somewhat good, but the gameplay is **** in 85% of those titles.

Because you've played 85% of those titles? Good one. If they were so crappy, I suppose millions upon millions of people wouldn't be buying them, yet here they are, buying them, and here we have developers citing their successes. Be bitter as you may, you sound like a Sony PSP Fanboy crying over the Nintendo DS. Only this time, it's the new kid on the block.

I have played a few titles on my sisters iphone. Like someone already stated, the problem is that there is now physical buttons, which limits the gameplay experience. I do not own a PSP or DS and never have probably never wont. I have an xperia phone with some touchscreen games and i know the problems with the tech. Also the graphics are kind of crappy when you really think about it. They look worse than PSP launch titles (i should know since i was at a launch party). This is 2010 and the PSP/DS 2 are right around the corner.
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Now if only Apple could find a way to get people to actually pay for the games seeing as a large portion of ipod/itouch owners don't.

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[QUOTE="Heirren"]

Too bad the games look like absolute GARBAGE. I'd be impressed if the machine was released 4 or 5 years ago, but it's 2010. The new Sony handheld, and probably the nintendo one as well, will undoubtedly put the ipad to shame from a technical standpoint. The Ipad wont beable to compete as a gaming platform, as it is something that will continuously be upgrading. A game for the ipad released in a year may not even be playable on the models out now.

RetroBoy17

Visually, a lot of those games surpass DS in the visual department. O_o I suppose if iPhone games look like GARBAGE, then DS graphics look like SCUM

DS games don't look very good anymore, and the same goes for the psp. The psp came out in 2005, i believe, and the ipad barely edges it out(some would argue the psp still looks better). My point is that, for a device released in 2010, it does not impress at all. Mirrors edge honestly looks like a first generation 3DFX Voodoo pc game.

So is apple going to keep these specs on the ipad the same, for gaming? Because that is what makes the ds and the psp a dedicated game console--a user that bought a psp on day one can play the newest psp games in the same way someone that just bought a 3000 can.

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the real question is, can the iphone replace the ds or psp?

for me that has still to be answered. the iphone library is still mostly mobile games that have been available since the java days. fifa, side scrollers, doom have been available on phones for years, but they could never make the transition to ultimate device because the quality/controls just wasn't there like it is on nintendo handhelds.

it's ok saying gta chinatown wars is on it, but gta was also available on mobiles.

what apple needs to do is create a first party studio, or get some major titles on the device that is exclusive to the iphone and not a flash type game/port. chaos rings is a nice start but it needs more, and chaos rings i don't know if out yet might be really awful when released.

it will be interesting to see what happens in the future but right now i don't think the iphone is the ultimate device.

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Lol...iPhone. Nice topic.

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I think its nice to actually see PORTABLE games on the Iphone. Most of the games that you see on the DS or the PSP are not meant for portable play at all.

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yup tis. i still wouldnt touch one with a 10 foot barge pole....but for those who have them enjoy :).
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It is a viable gaming platform, no doubt.
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lol no thanks. I'll play with my real handhelds ;)
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real crappy, maybe
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lol no thanks. I'll play with my real handhelds ;)siLVURcross
that's still crappy, but less so
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Well, let's be honest, that was an EPIC post. :P But still, i just haven't found gaming that satisfying on my iPhone, though i may give GTA a try. There's just too much repetitive tilt-based gaming if you ask me.
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most of those games are:

A: bad, watered downports

B: blatant copies of other games

C: uninteresting.

There are a few games that are nice(chaos ringsfor example) but i'd take my DS or PSP over the iTouch any day.

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thats exactly what i though

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[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]lol no thanks. I'll play with my real handhelds ;)Jandurin
that's still crappy, but less so

Damn it Jand, go eat a fig :evil:
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Sure, find me a free flash game that plays and looks like Grand Theft Auto Chinatown, Assassins Creed and Brothers in Arms. Good luck

RetroBoy17

Huh? THere might not be flash games like that, but there are plenty of browser games of such quality. Actualy some have graphics than are better than any iPad or iPhone game, like Fallen Legions:

I find it ironic that you make a thread that's bassicaly a forum crusade to convince ignorant people that iPhone/iPad have full blown games and at the same time you are just as ignorant when it comes to browser gaming.

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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"][QUOTE="Heirren"]

Too bad the games look like absolute GARBAGE. I'd be impressed if the machine was released 4 or 5 years ago, but it's 2010. The new Sony handheld, and probably the nintendo one as well, will undoubtedly put the ipad to shame from a technical standpoint. The Ipad wont beable to compete as a gaming platform, as it is something that will continuously be upgrading. A game for the ipad released in a year may not even be playable on the models out now.

Heirren

Visually, a lot of those games surpass DS in the visual department. O_o I suppose if iPhone games look like GARBAGE, then DS graphics look like SCUM

DS games don't look very good anymore, and the same goes for the psp. The psp came out in 2005, i believe, and the ipad barely edges it out(some would argue the psp still looks better). My point is that, for a device released in 2010, it does not impress at all. Mirrors edge honestly looks like a first generation 3DFX Voodoo pc game.

So is apple going to keep these specs on the ipad the same, for gaming? Because that is what makes the ds and the psp a dedicated game console--a user that bought a psp on day one can play the newest psp games in the same way someone that just bought a 3000 can.

In fairness, the original iPhone came out in 2007. Most - probably all - of these games are backwards compatible with all iPod Touches/iPhones, even though the 3GS substantially improved the hardware... (I can't speak for the iPad, but the TC was listing iPhone/iPod games.)

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Visually, a lot of those games surpass DS in the visual department. O_o I suppose if iPhone games look like GARBAGE, then DS graphics look like SCUMRetroBoy17
For a handheld they look good, however that leaves iPad out to dry. With it's price and size it's not handheld anymore, but a normal full blown gaming system. So while iPhone games look nice, games on iPad look like utter crap graphicaly.

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[QUOTE="RetroBoy17"]Visually, a lot of those games surpass DS in the visual department. O_o I suppose if iPhone games look like GARBAGE, then DS graphics look like SCUMAdrianWerner

For a handheld they look good, however that leaves iPad out to dry. With it's price and size it's not handheld anymore, but a normal full blown gaming system. So while iPhone games look nice, games on iPad look like utter crap graphicaly.

I guess the question is, in a day and age when $2-5 iPod games look better than DS titles, when Flash/browser games are becoming more and more impressive, when OnLive and Gaikai are bringing full PC games to handhelds... where does the $30-40 handheld, retail games model fit in? I think it works for children - most people who own a iPod Touch, iPad or tablet/netbook are not young. Otherwise, one would think the consumer acceptability of such prices for handheld games would have greatly diminished by this point.