iPhone, the Ultimate Game machine?

http://www.uberpulse.com/us/2008/03/iphone_the_ultimate_portable_gaming_machi...

At the iPhone SDK launch, the kind of game EA and Sega both demonstrated blew me away (to use one of Jobs' favourite expression), knowing they were produced with only a couple developers and in less than 2 weeks. For me, gaming on the iPhone really looks like a home run. It's fast, realistic and it has the accelerometer sensor that literally replace the analog joystick and that game developers can finally take advantage of through the SDK.


I now think of the iPhone or the iPod touch for that matter as a portable Nintendo Wii. Imagine being able to play golf or bowling by throwing your iPhone/iPod in the air! As this may sound crazy at first, I'm sure the creativity of game creators will blow me away... again. For me, it's also a lost opportunity for Nintendo and Sony that could have used some of the sensor technology in their portable console: the Nintendo DS and the PSP. To me, it also marks the end of Nokia's hope to succeed in the mobile video game arena with its N-Gage platform. The volume may still speak in favour of Nokia right now but the momentum and the excitement is definitely on the iPhone platform.

Expect to see lots of really cool game on the iPhone from top tier publishers but also the smaller ones, thanks to Apple's direct software distribution system, through iTunes and the App Store. This direct model actually sounds very much like Nintendo's Wii Ware that's expected to launch in the U.S. in May. I tell you, Nintendo, and everybody else for that matter, missed the boat.
http://www.uberpulse.com/us/2008/03/iphone_the_ultimate_portable_gaming_machi...

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[ste90milano]

the ultimate MOBILE game machine, yes it is.

[ULiLn00b]

retard its not out yet

[biggerben2010]

No its not.

[VakomaNOVA]

LMAO

thats for the good laugh!!!!!!

[zwaky123]

honestly monkey ball is not a comfortable game to play. like u always end up tilting ur phone like a maniac cause ur scared that ull fall and i find the animation of the monkey HORRABLE or else the game is just AWSOME

[GAARA1092]

i dont think ^^

[GAARA1092]

i thought think ill be throwing my sdk in the air suppose it brakes

[piphm]

even if it isn't it might make nintendo and sony bring out something better to try beat itand then we might have some really good handheld consoles

[FullSilverShinobi]

Read the title of the video retard..."iPhone, the Ultimate Game Machine!"

That's why I was comparing it....-_-

[TheAnimationCentral]

FullSilverShinobi: No your a retard. You don't compare that way. OF COURSE THE XBOX IS BETTER. Its a frigging phone! What i compared a camera phone to a HD Blue-Ray Camcorder. Of course the Camcorders better! They don't go in the same category.

[TheAnimationCentral]

I would call it an all in one device not just a phone. The iPhone has allot less games but would actually be one of the best portable gaming devices. The touch screen is 3 times more responsive than Nintendo DS's touch screen and the iPhone processors think twice faster than the PSP. This could be big later on. Maybe. Maybe not.