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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread

 

[verio]

- 500+ software titles total at launch
- 160+ will be games
- 25% of the App-Store content will be free
- 90% of the software will be priced below $9.99

Wow.

Can't wait.

 

[rakka]

holy shit?

wonder how many of them are decent.

 

[Ferrio]

holy shit?

wonder how many of them are decent.

Figuring in that it's a touch screen, not many.

 

[verio]

Figuring in that it's a touch screen, not many.

Probably, but I wonder how many will make good use of the accelerometer (e.g. Super Monkey Ball).

 

[tetrisgrammaton]

more reason for me to go with the 16 gig,

but i really hate the idea of paying 100 bucks for 8 gigs

eh

 

[jvalioli]

What time is the App Store supposed to go up?

 

[Rlan]

WHY keep the games a secret? Way to flood the market suddenly.

 

[Xater]

Wow. There will be alot of stuff to check out this friday.

 

[alistairw]

Are you planning on covering iPhone games, Rlan?

 

[JonathanEx]

With 160+ games, about 156 of them being secret (at a guess), that's one way to kill any publicity for your title.

 

[ecnal]

What time is the App Store supposed to go up?

article on forbes claims the update will go live around 9am PST today (7/10)

 

[permutated]

I bought the Touch for Logic Pro support, can't wait to finally have it.

 

[nofi]

iTunes 7.7 is 'hours away' so we can assume Firmware 2.0 will be up today too, bringing about the AppStore.

Can't wait for Monkey Ball.

 

[Rlan]

Are you planning on covering iPhone games, Rlan?

I shouldn't have time for XBLA / PSN / Wii as I already do, iPhone would be too much :lol

 

[LazerShark]

Quantity > Quality

 

[Jonnyram]

iTunes 7.7 is 'hours away' so we can assume Firmware 2.0 will be up today too, bringing about the AppStore.

Can't wait for Monkey Ball.

Monkey Ball is coming today!? :O

 

[ecnal]

iTunes 7.7 is 'hours away' so we can assume Firmware 2.0 will be up today too, bringing about the AppStore.

Can't wait for Monkey Ball.

i just downloaded itunes 7.7

 

[alistairw]

I shouldn't have time for XBLA / PSN / Wii as I already do, iPhone would be too much :lol

Heh, yeah - it would add a hell of a lot to your workload.

 

[sykoex]

Wow, iPhone is starting to seem like one of those devices that every consumer needs to own like a PS3.

 

[permutated]

Wow, iPhone is starting to seem like one of those devices that every consumer needs to own like a PS3.

And just like the PS3...it needs more ram. :lol

Rad avatar BTW - What's that from?

 

[Brashnir]

With 160+ games, about 156 of them being secret (at a guess), that's one way to kill any publicity for your title.

long tail business model isn't driven by hype. It's good for the service to have a lot of diversity, and it's good for launch titles to be there when a lot of people will be looking.

 

[rakka]

i just downloaded itunes 7.7

yep, just released. mac only for now however it seems.

 

[permutated]

yep, just released. mac only for now however it seems.

When are we going to see the new iTouch firmware?

 

[Flunkie]

Wow, I need an iPhone.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I'll wait for Android, thanks. But I'm impressed at those numbers.

 

[evlcookie]

Guess it all comes out tomorrow on the 11th. Will have to pay to update my touch, assholes!

 

[KTallguy]

Solitare, Minesweeper clone, Poker, Blackjack...

 

[Raistlin]

This is a really retarded way to launch games.

 

[nofi]

Solitare, Minesweeper clone, Poker, Blackjack...

Sigh. Clearly you have no idea.

 

[sykoex]

Rad avatar BTW - What's that from?

Thanks! It's from Bionic Commando for PS3. Hoping it'll be an awesome game.

 

[KTallguy]

Sigh. Clearly you have no idea.

So are you saying that those games won't be on the service?

Dude, everyone plays those games. Not having them is kind of like not having soft drinks at McDonalds. Sure, lots of people will opt for the Sundae (Monkey Ball, etc.), but you have to have your staples. Not everyone who owns the iPhone is a gamer, or cares about games all that much. Some people just want to kill time on the way to work.

 

[Accident]

7.7 its out for PC

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

 

[jvalioli]

7.7 its out for PC

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

iTunes still isn't letting me update : (

 

[$h@d0w]

Was Spore going to be out on launch of the app store or in Sept?

 

[permutated]

Thanks! It's from Bionic Commando for PS3. Hoping it'll be an awesome game.

I saw some rad live play footage at GDC back in February, they wouldn't give me the controller though...nearly pushed them out of the way to play it, looks so incredible

 

[Chris R]

well I just downloaded the free sdk to mess around and see if I can't make a few games :lol

edit: well forget this :lol just looked at some of the source code they provide and it is very very scary :lol Looks like some bastard version of C

 

[Terrell]

Figuring in that it's a touch screen, not many.

There's a Battleship knock-off with wireless LAN, so the games at launch have already impressed me, between this and Monkey Ball.

 

[jacf29]

I don't really think it matters whether the games are complete shit. The standard owner of an iphone will keep buying them as it seems most casuals (not all) don't care about quality in their games. I'm talking about the casuals who only play cell phone games.

Hell I'm an average gamer and I find myself downloading random cellphone games when I'm bored, regardless of their quality.

 

[xabre]

What are the graphics capabilities of iPhone? More powerful than a DS I would assume?

 

[Pyrokai]

I'm pretty excited about this App Store. I just got an iPod touch for free with a new computer, so I'm happy to be able to get some good use out of it.

 

[sublime085]

I really hope we get a version of Phase for the iPhone, I never had an iPod I could play it on.

Come on Harmonix, do it.

Anyway, I'm sure I'll buy something when the store goes up, probably Monkey Ball.

 

[Aegus]

It'd be interesting If this signalld an intent by Apple to focus more on getting a working "gaming platform" on their Macs as well since they're the most like consoles in regard to fixed hardware specs. Sure there's a lot of variations in hardware, but not as much as typical Windows PCs allow for.

 

[ElFly]

they are approaching this in the iTunes store way. Trying to get advantage of their beloved long tail.

Many people claimed this should be the case for the Wii's Virtual Console.


Of course, I doubt many of those games are worth whatever price they are asking that is more than "free".

 

[rakka]

What are the graphics capabilities of iPhone? More powerful than a DS I would assume?

correct.

 

[later]

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/video/technology/10apps_taptaprevolution.mov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpGdRH7J5I&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfS2OUjKfZQ&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN8wGj1txvI&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZoEfBxQPk&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TknWysuroEs&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/3/

 

[commissar]

Oh man oh man oh man please let there be PUZZLE QUEST :O~

 

[xabre]

correct.

So how powerful is it? Up to PSP standards?

 

[Flunkie]

So how powerful is it? Up to PSP standards?

Well, the clock speed is higher.. I know that.

 

[nofi]

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/video/technology/10apps_taptaprevolution.mov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxpGdRH7J5I&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfS2OUjKfZQ&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN8wGj1txvI&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ZoEfBxQPk&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/2/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TknWysuroEs&eurl=http://toucharcade.com/page/3/

Wow @ Aqua Forest. There was something like this already on Installer, but this looks super slick.