Apple claims iPhone/Touch better than DS/PSP as a gaming platform

I am nobody · 09-09-2009, 04:57 PM

Apple slams PSP, DS at iPhone/iPod conference - News at GameSpot

In other news, Apple has developed a technology that allows it to completely separate itself from reality.

Luigiman7 · 09-09-2009, 05:04 PM

I agree with Apple.

Metal Man · 09-09-2009, 05:40 PM

Yeah. Their iPhone thing doesn't even have BUTTONS.

Luigiman7 · 09-09-2009, 05:42 PM

On screen buttons, hello.

**X-3** · 09-09-2009, 05:47 PM

Yeah, I'm not really buying it, tbh. How many of these games are full-fledged, providing hours of continuous entertainment?

^Equals slightly smaller screen, and plenty of smudges. There's also the number of buttons. The DS, for example, has control Pad, A, B, X, Y, Start, Select, L, R. Stuff like on-screen buttons seems like a good thing to go along with...physical buttons: On it's own, I'm not sure what to think of the idea, though it could easily be a matter of getting used to it, such as in Phantom Hourglass, which basically uses the idea of not using...physical buttons.

Vgfian · 09-09-2009, 05:51 PM

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Schiller also believes that, compared to those of the iPhone and iPod Touch, PSP and DS games are "not a lot of fun." Although iPhone game designers, such as Doom Resurrection's John Carmack, say the Apple device's lack of buttons are a hindrance, Schiller contends the opposite.

Yes, don't believe the game designers, believe the man that is trying to sell it to you.

Jailbreaker · 09-09-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ace of Spades

Yes, don't believe the game designers, believe the man that is trying to sell it to you.

This.

Robotazy · 09-09-2009, 06:59 PM

Stick to being a complicated phone, Apple. Don't overshoot because you will regret it.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-09-2009, 11:02 PM

Apple can shove it up their collective ass.

Jesus · 09-09-2009, 11:16 PM

The Iphone and all of it's clones on the market can go burn in hell. It's a god damn phone! No one needs to pay 95 bucks a month for a phone that can play mediocre games as well as downloadable novelty applications such as an egg timer.

**Loot** · 09-09-2009, 11:23 PM

iPod Touch, bitches.

Wolfenstein RPG (And 3D) and Doom Resurrection are pretty much the only good games I've played on it. Wolfenstein 3D is actually a pretty decent port, Doom managed to get away with the arcade-shooter feel, and Wolfenstein RPG was... Well, it's Wolfenstein RPG. More strategy than action.

I saw Duke Nukem 3D was on there, but the layout looks way too confusing.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-11-2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesus

The Iphone and all of it's clones on the market can go burn in hell. It's a god damn phone! No one needs to pay 95 bucks a month for a phone that can play mediocre games as well as downloadable novelty applications such as an egg timer.

this is possibly the most accurate thing you've ever said

***Booyakasha*** · 09-11-2009, 08:41 AM

Apple claims its computers are a better gaming platform than PCs, too. It's a good idea not to put much stock in anything those hippies have to say.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-11-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha

Apple ...gaming platform

Sim Kid · 09-11-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Booyakasha

Apple claims its computers are a better gaming platform than PCs, too. It's a good idea not to put much stock in anything those hippies have to say.

Except for that most people who're behind important marketing and design decisions hate gaming and would rather push it as a utility computer so why bother? (I hear even Jobs hates games as a whole.)

The iPhone/Touch can potentially be a better gaming platform than the DS/PSP but guess what it needs?

Other than a method of controlling that isn't tilting the screen for racing games or Super Monkey Ball, people to actually support it and make games unique to it. You don't wanna buy something you can get on a DS or PSP unless there's a significant difference between the two now do you?

**Valigarmander** · 09-11-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Puppy Kicking Atheist

Wolfenstein RPG

Doom RPG was here, Wolfenstein RPG is crap.

Rainbow Dash · 09-11-2009, 08:51 PM

apple needs to stay out of the gaming market

Robotazy · 09-11-2009, 08:56 PM

Also, there have been no commercials that I have seen even proclaiming the iPhone as a gaming system.

It just makes it worse when he says its better than the other handhelds. How do I know if you don't have any easily accessable proof?

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-12-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

Doom RPG was here, Wolfenstein RPG is crap.

Anyone that digs Doom RPG should check out the game Strife. It's an older game made on the Doom engine that has things like merchants and NPC's involved in a plot-centric gameplay style. Probably most appealing about it, IMO, is how unique its execution was.

**Valigarmander** · 09-12-2009, 01:16 AM

Urrrrrrrgh, I think I might've played Strife before. Maybe not. If not, it was a similar game.

I know I played Hexen/Heretic once, and thought it was pretty sweet.

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X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Yeah, I'm not really buying it, tbh. How many of these games are full-fledged, providing hours of continuous entertainment? ^Equals slightly smaller screen, and plenty of smudges. There's also the number of buttons. The DS, for example, has control Pad, A, B, X, Y, Start, Select, L, R. Stuff like on-screen buttons seems like a good thing to go along with...physical buttons: On it's own, I'm not sure what to think of the idea, though it could easily be a matter of getting used to it, such as in Phantom Hourglass, which basically uses the idea of not using...physical buttons. Last edited by X-3; 09-09-2009 at 06:08 PM.

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Yeah. Their iPhone thing doesn't even have BUTTONS.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Stick to being a complicated phone, Apple. Don't overshoot because you will regret it.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Apple can shove it up their collective ass.

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Jesus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Gender: Posts: 5,617 Thanks: 104 Thanked 139 Times in 101 Posts Blog Entries: 3	The Iphone and all of it's clones on the market can go burn in hell. It's a god damn phone! No one needs to pay 95 bucks a month for a phone that can play mediocre games as well as downloadable novelty applications such as an egg timer.

09-09-2009, 11:23 PM	#11
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	iPod Touch, bitches. Wolfenstein RPG (And 3D) and Doom Resurrection are pretty much the only good games I've played on it. Wolfenstein 3D is actually a pretty decent port, Doom managed to get away with the arcade-shooter feel, and Wolfenstein RPG was... Well, it's Wolfenstein RPG. More strategy than action. I saw Duke Nukem 3D was on there, but the layout looks way too confusing.

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Apple claims its computers are a better gaming platform than PCs, too. It's a good idea not to put much stock in anything those hippies have to say.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Also, there have been no commercials that I have seen even proclaiming the iPhone as a gaming system. It just makes it worse when he says its better than the other handhelds. How do I know if you don't have any easily accessable proof?

09-12-2009, 01:16 AM	#20
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Urrrrrrrgh, I think I might've played Strife before. Maybe not. If not, it was a similar game. I know I played Hexen/Heretic once, and thought it was pretty sweet.