Comments on: Will the iPhone kill the DS? http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/01/will-the-iphone-kill-the-ds/ The Business of Games Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barnaby http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/01/will-the-iphone-kill-the-ds/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Barnaby Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:25:30 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=542#comment-33 I'm not really a gamer but the ease of the App Store and interface of IPod Touch have tempted me to shell out on a few games just for the hell of it (as well as lots of other handy/fun Apps). The pricing is also right for a marginal gamer like me - it's as much to see how cool the games look and use the touch/tilt interface as to play the thing itself. How many App publishers/writers actually make any money is an interesting question, but with the volumes visiting the App Store the potential is huge for the right product. I’m not really a gamer but the ease of the App Store and interface of IPod Touch have tempted me to shell out on a few games just for the hell of it (as well as lots of other handy/fun Apps). The pricing is also right for a marginal gamer like me – it’s as much to see how cool the games look and use the touch/tilt interface as to play the thing itself.

How many App publishers/writers actually make any money is an interesting question, but with the volumes visiting the App Store the potential is huge for the right product.

]]> By: John Cook http://www.gamesbrief.com/2009/01/will-the-iphone-kill-the-ds/comment-page-1/#comment-31 John Cook Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:54:49 +0000 http://www.gamesbrief.com/?p=542#comment-31 Single greatest thing about the iPhone for the User/Developer/Publisher? iTunes. A single global marketplace with a sensible business model, trusted by the end users. which other operator can deliver that in the near future? And it's a marketplace open to all - so there are a zillion little games and apps which I think are probably growing that market rather than taking a lot away from existing formats. Of course, having a zillion competitors - all equally promoted - produces its own problems. But it's an interesting problem :-) Single greatest thing about the iPhone for the User/Developer/Publisher? iTunes.

A single global marketplace with a sensible business model, trusted by the end users. which other operator can deliver that in the near future?

And it’s a marketplace open to all – so there are a zillion little games and apps which I think are probably growing that market rather than taking a lot away from existing formats.

Of course, having a zillion competitors – all equally promoted – produces its own problems. But it’s an interesting problem :-)

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