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

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 *** 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.