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ngmoco's Neil Young speaks at GDC keynote
Neil Young (not that Neil Young, the other one), former EA exec and head of ngmoco, fresh from his appearance at the Apple iPhone 3.0 event the other day, showed up on a keynote stage at the Game Developers' Conference in San Francisco to talk about the big, wrapped present that the iPhone and the App Store are to game developers. The platform is "better than the DS, better than the PSP," he said, referring to Nintendo and Sony's handheld gaming devices, because not only is tops in terms of usability (it's "always on, always with you"), and not only is it easier than any other platform to develop for, but the market is gigantic and growing -- unlike Sony and Nintendo's markets, there are no first party titles to compete with.Which makes a lot of sense (and Young should know -- his company is poised to become one of the platform's early big developers). Other game developers agree, too -- according to a survey at Games Beat 2009, the iPhone has beaten out social networks, web-based content and even consoles as the area that has the most potential for gaming. There's no question at all: the future is extremely bright for gamers on the iPhone.
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SleeplessKn1ght said 2:39PM on 3-24-2009
I hope Neil Young will remember, a Sony man don't need him a round, anyhow...
Sorry.
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SleeplessKn1ght said 2:40PM on 3-24-2009
Should be "around". :-/
Justin said 3:35PM on 3-24-2009
I think this is interesting since I have been playing video games for the past 20 years and have yet to find very many compelling titles for the iPhone. It's still early in the game, but as of right now there's a lot of shovelware out there. Aurora Feint really got my attention though. I'm interested to see what ngmoco's FPS turns into though.
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Bungles said 3:59PM on 3-24-2009
I play hold'em on the iphone but every other game has left me wanting. I just don't see how this is the next big thing in gaming...other then having better versions of all the common mobile phone games.
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Luna Lovegood said 5:44PM on 3-24-2009
"The [iPhone] is 'better than the DS, better than the PSP...'"
Bitch, please. Not by a longshot it isn't.
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puhsitch said 8:30PM on 3-24-2009
In terms of potential, I'm willing to believe it
Erred said 1:02PM on 5-28-2009
The PLATFORM is better. Not the gadget (I have a PSP, and I love it more than the iPhone), but the PLATFORM.
It's ridiculously easy to develop applications, and by extension, games, on the iPhone.
Heck, even a kid did. And the Trism guy too (without real background on programming).
Now, would you expect the same kid to develop a game for the PSP or DS?
I don't think so. :P
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