iPhone and iPod make ripples in games industry
Author: jovbon1
Website: http://blogs.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/dvdconverter/entry/20…
As Apple’s Inc.’s App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch approaches one billion downloads, heads are turning within the games industry. On any given day, six to eight of the top ten apps downloaded for the iPhone or iPod Touch are games. Some of them are free, but others are priced between 99c and $10, with Apple taking a 30 percent cut.
Some elements within the games industry are taking time out from creating blockbuster titles with cutting edge graphics and gameplay features, developed for consoles and PC, and starting to focus on developing for the iPhone/iPod platform, and more importantly, studying the thousands of games that exist already in the App Store to see what “works” on the platform.
The transition of the iPhone/iPod Touch into handheld gaming devices was more-or-less unexpected when they launched, at least to the level they have achieved. “The iPhone has changed everything,” said Neil Young, a game developer who left Electronic Arts to found Ngmoco, a San…
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