Steve Jobs and the iPhone voted the largest influence on the gaming industry
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Psychonaut
Senior Member
but it's shiny!
explosivemoogle
Junior Member
The iPhone was a phone. The games on it were attempts to take peoples money via the Apple store. I've never had an Apple product, but my mother did.
But really. How asinine.
But really. How asinine.
They were not really people's attempts to make money. They games are really just indie-touch pad games. Opposed to the independent games you'd find on Steam, these are specifically for touch screens and are made by much, much, smaller companies. I don't think anyone goes into App making thinking they're going to get rich off of 99? games.
It has had an impact, but I wouldn't give it that much credit. If anything, the big video game companies (Nintendo especially) have enabled this shift.
If you would have asked me during the last generation of consoles (GC/PS2/XB) I would have said games on smartphones weren't actual "video games"... but the 3 console producers have allowed so much garbage to be published that the gap between there are actually games on smart phones with more depth and more enjoyable than some games on Wii/360/PS3. Nintendo can blame Apple or independent developers all they want, but it is as much Nintendo's fault for allowing so many "The (Magical/Pretty/etc) (Princess/Barbie/Hannah Montana) (Prom Party/Fiesta/Dress-up)" games onto its consoles and handhelds as it is Apple's for trying to make a couple quick $$$ by having those games on phones.
If you would have asked me during the last generation of consoles (GC/PS2/XB) I would have said games on smartphones weren't actual "video games"... but the 3 console producers have allowed so much garbage to be published that the gap between there are actually games on smart phones with more depth and more enjoyable than some games on Wii/360/PS3. Nintendo can blame Apple or independent developers all they want, but it is as much Nintendo's fault for allowing so many "The (Magical/Pretty/etc) (Princess/Barbie/Hannah Montana) (Prom Party/Fiesta/Dress-up)" games onto its consoles and handhelds as it is Apple's for trying to make a couple quick $$$ by having those games on phones.
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Jobs didn't do **** for the gaming industry, his engineers did and that's not even a major impact. Sure, I'll give them some credit but they're not that huge. And hell, Shiggy and Gabe contributed more to the industry.
Psychonaut
Senior Member
the iphone has shifted the market into add-ridden 20+'s, who need a quick fix touch-game that's easy to pick up and fun to play.
the other companies, the traditional/big-name companies, now have to (or are trying to) catch this new audience's eye with similar products, or lose that share of the market.
it's ********, and is up to argument over the validity of it angry birds and stupid **** like that is going to further help or hinder gaming in the long run, but it's a valid change as of the present, as bad as i want to deny it.
i would argue that the iphone's game apps are not representative of gamers but instead of non-gamers, but that they open games up to a non-traditional crowd is something to be said.
jobs should not have won most influential just for allowing games on his digital download service, though.
the other companies, the traditional/big-name companies, now have to (or are trying to) catch this new audience's eye with similar products, or lose that share of the market.
it's ********, and is up to argument over the validity of it angry birds and stupid **** like that is going to further help or hinder gaming in the long run, but it's a valid change as of the present, as bad as i want to deny it.
i would argue that the iphone's game apps are not representative of gamers but instead of non-gamers, but that they open games up to a non-traditional crowd is something to be said.
jobs should not have won most influential just for allowing games on his digital download service, though.