Thanks to their just-announced upgrade to the iPod touch, Steve Jobs and Apple have really made their priorities clear -- they're out to get the Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP. Sure, the iPhone and the Touch aren't made specifically for messing around with games, but they do contain a ton of them, and Apple's most recent television commercials reflect this fact.
Here are five reasons it's going to become the go-to place for portable game developers.
#5: The App Store Keeps Growing Like Crazy.
Video game stores aren't really going anywhere, but the App store, like iTunes before it, is becoming a serious mode of distribution that many of today's top developers are embracing -- it eliminates a ton of overhead and gets those precious games out to the people in no time.
It's the most ideal direct-download system that yet exists, and publishers are flocking to it.
#4: A New List Means the Big Games Are Seen More Often.
There were lots of earlier complaints that it was impossible to find a proper game priced around $10 or $15 in the store, because the way the lists were setup favored the cheapest over the best. No longer, as Apple has added a 'most profitable' section to show the best and the brightest big games.
This could be huge for the platform as a whole -- we might see massive new games.
#3: Most Major Game Developers Are Working for the iPhone.
Sure, while Nintendo and Sony are obviously sticking to their own platforms, all the other big game makers (and there are many of them) are cranking out stuff for the iPhone and Touch platforms, and this is only going to increase.
Every day, more developers are coming to the realization that the iPhone platform is excellent and realistic when it comes to making money, and they're starting up development teams.
#2: The Control System Forces Innovation.
Because Apple's platform is an entirely touch-screen based device, this has constrained developers into creating new solutions. Noticed a little game called Flight Control before?
There is simply nothing like this on other platforms (well, Nintendo's DS has a few similar things going), and dozens of new innovations on how to control games are coming out every day.
#1: Widespread Adoption Attracts Good Developers.
Because of the market saturation that Apple's platform is reaching, it's drawing more and more of the big names to its games division, meaning it is emerging as a true competitor to Nintendo and Sony, and could easily leapfrog them.
As the App Store continues to get bigger and bigger, and more and more people buy the phones, the games are just going to get better.
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