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iPhone – Serious Force In The Gaming World?
It’s never been a secret that Apple has always been behind when it comes to video games. Mac owners have pretty much come to learn that it takes a massive financially successful game before it’s ported to the Mac.
This norm is starting to change in a way. Little by little, Apple has unknowingly, or perhaps knowingly staked some claim in the video game world with the iPhone. The release of the App Store was pretty much the beginning of the golden age of the iPhone. Up until that time, the iPhone was a pretty cool gadget which only saw its full potential if you jailbreaked(broke) it.
With the release of the App Store, games on the iPhone have started to be noticed. More and more developers are getting in on the action, and you’re seeing more legit iPhone App releases. In a Time Magazine online article, Fieldrunners an iPhone release was #9 on the top video games of the year.
It’s pretty obvious that the iPhone is pretty far from the gaming success of the Nintendo DS. For what could be considered the relative beginning of the iPhone, gaming on the device isn’t something to take too lightly.
December 9th, 2008 at 9:39 am
“It’s pretty obvious that the iPhone is pretty far from the gaming success of the Nintendo DS.”
Why do you say that? Within 6 months of it’s release, did the Nintendo DS have 2538 games available for it? Probably not.
Now admittedly, some of the games we’re tracking for the iPhone aren’t quite to the depth of the games available on the DS, but they are equally entertaining.
Casual gaming on the iPhone is so great because the prices are casual as well. You can’t afford to do casual gaming on the DS. Game prices are simply to expensive.
IF the iPhone isn’t quite the “gaming success” of the Nintendo DS now, it will be in another 6 months.
December 10th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Well it all comes down to statistics.
Lifetime Sales Of Nintendo DS: 85.4 Million Units
Lifetime Sales Of iPhone: ~14 million
Software Sales For Nintendo DS: 106 million units
I couldn’t find figures on the exact number of downloads for the iPhone. Plus, the Nintendo DS is the #2 item to find this Christmas, next to the Nintendo Wii. I’m not trying to say that gaming on the iPhone is inadequate by any means. But to say that is as successful in gaming as the Nintendo DS, is a bit of a stretch.
March 2nd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
i remember when nintendo first came out.. great system.. great post.
July 20th, 2009 at 8:03 am
I don’t usually reply to posts but I will in this case.