Begin to compete? I think Apple completely destroyed Nintendo's handlheld market, and it's not even close. Sony never really held a candle to Nintendo. The only difference is there's going to be less emphasis on 'control' based games, and more emphasis on point/click type games. d1ver it's funny you mention Final Fantasy:…
Final Fantasy is out on iOS, there is even one that is a direct port of the PSP version and it is of course, half the price, with the same quality. First party titles do help keep these devices afloat. But i dont think its enough to stop the threat of smartphones and devices completely. Especially once developers start…
This. Mobile gaming for me, is mainly to pass the time while waiting for the bus, or while on a bus. You'll never see me sitting down crouched over a 4 inch screen for hours, especially when I have a PC and console. I have a feeling that the iOS gaming market will probably implode upon itself sometime in the future. I…
Mobile analytics firm Flurry today reports on the continuing shift in portable gaming from dedicated devices to smartphones and other multipurpose devices. According to results compiled by Flurry from NPD market research and Flurry's own mobile app data, Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems will…
Proof: Nintendo sees Apple as more of a threat than Sony - they've had harsh words about mobile games being too low priced, the WiiU is a console you play with an iPad like device. Could we see a future where Nintendo makes games for iOS & Android? Time travel back in time during the SEGA & Nintendo wars and tell a kid…
this to PSP versions of final fantasy is like FF for gamecube to ps2 releases they both are parts of the same franchise, but the production quality and gameplay experience is so vastly different. compare to FF reishiki, 5 or 6 years in development: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoP8Alclj2g"]FINAL FANTASY ?? Trailer…
All right, you got me there with Final Fantasy.) But to answer the question more fully I'd say that developers don't take it too seriously now and the rare games that might make me want to pick up a handheld are practically non existent on iOS. But all and all I don't find it so dramatic, because most "proper" games are on…
this is the real issue and the only major difference between a mobile game console like psp or 3ds and a smartphone is the controls. Without sticks or buttons I feel that ios and smartphone games will never evolve into the full experiences they should be. The budgets are available and the game quality is excellent, just…
I thought that it was obvious that the smartphone market was already becoming the portable gaming market? If things keep going the way they are now I dont see any reason the two markets wouldnt become one. People always thought there would be music/mp3 players(ipods etc) and phones as seperate devices, now pretty much…