Apple positions iPod touch as a gaming device

I think it is an amazing gaming device. I wouldn't be surprised if in the next few years that you see more and more kids with an iPod Touch instead of a Nitendo DS.

I recently developed a mix-and-match game based on my preschool son Henry as one of the lead characters. I'm not a professional developer or big company. I am just a mom who wanted to make a game that my three year old son Henry and his preschool pal Hailey could play. I know that my son Henry and his preschool pals love playing on the iPhone.

Gaming device? Nay never. As much as I love my iPod touch and enjoy a fun little game every now and then -- even if the iPod's cpu and gpu power were sufficient for games like demoed at the show (which they're not, if you expect decent graphics), the iPod's (or iPhone's) battery is way too weak to make it a reasonable gaming device. Ever seen the battery status dwindle while doing _any_ cpu/gpu-intensive job? However, I don't know how long a ds or psp gets along with one battery load, but I guess they're doing better than the iPod. If not, this doesn't make the iPod a better gaming dvice, It then makes all these device unsuitable ;)

Good to see developer support. But shouldn't they also support the Windows Mobile PDA's? I'm pretty sure they are more powerful than iPhones. A certain Windows Mobile device even has a dedicated graphics chip. But the problem with Windows Mobile format is that there are tons of different hardware configs...

Yeah i agreed with some of you about the controls of the Ipod touch/iphone as it was a tad limiting. HOwever my past tense of agree shows that this view has changed. Please dont criticize the apple device yet, its still in its developing stages.Once you guys have tried the new game real soccer 09/real football 09 can you officially judge the controls of the ipod touch/iphone. I was bewildered by the great use of touch and functionality of the controls. A must buy for me.

Wow, Rolando looks pretty cool-a bit like Sony's LittleBigPlanet.

What you folks are failing to see is that not everyone is a hardcore gamer. For them the iPod touch isn't the best. But for the much, much larger (and largely untapped) casual gaming market, the iPod touch is great.

As far as improvements, the new touch...
has speakers!
volume buttons!
built-in nike+ ipod support!
better headphones!
with microphone!
$70-100 cheaper!!!

No offense, but I can see why he chose not to show off a game that, while good looking, is just yet another Tetris-style puzzle game. You might as well have asked why he didn't show off Koi Pond.

That aside, I can see the possibility for great games on the iPhone/iPod but I can't imagine it'll become a dominant gaming platform. Physical buttons register a lot better than the touchscreen and accurate control is ESSENTIAL in games. The tilt function is nice, but it's almost a gimmick and, as others have opined, not even that great. (Again, accuracy is everything.) It would be a cinch for Nintendo to add this to the DS if they wanted to.

I'm sorry, but right now the Touch is the Zune of gaming devices.

Yep, without proper 'i want to press release hard' buttons, this is a big ask as a gaming device. Still i can a gaming controller peripheral isnt to hard to produce and plug in?

Well if Steve said so then it just absolutely must be so. Clearly. Wouldn't be spin. No chance that was salesmanship. Hmmmm. Now if the lord messiah Barrack Hussein Obama were to ssay this as well ... every Koolaid drinker in the US would be satisfied!

And Barry and Steve could tour all 57 states that Barry previously visited spreading Koolaid to all the ludites!