iPhone for Games
July 14th, 2008
Found an interesting post from Wired.com today: Why iPhone Games will Rule
- The iPhone’s processor thinks almost twice as fast as the Sony PSP’s brain.
- Its touchscreen is more responsive than the Nintendo DS’s, recognizing subtle finger taps, pinches, and spreads.
- The three-axis accelerometer, like the one in the Wiimote, could replace the thumbstick — Sega has already exploited this ability for an iPhone port of Super Monkey Ball.
- Wi-Fi could make for mean multiplayer mayhem.
- Cell-tower triangulation could be used for location-aware games.
- Attention developers: Get to work!
I haven’t got this gadget so i can’t comment too much about those points.
However, the writer raise two strong claims against the current handheld console: 1/ that iPhone has a faster processor than that of PSP; and 2/ it has a more responsive touch screen. Only time will tell if this proves to be true. It’s still too early to judge if Apple will decide to ‘taste’ the gaming industry thru iPhone.
