Okay, so we've actually been saying this for a while, but it looks like the Apple iPhone is going to be the next really big mobile gaming platform. Because conquering music, film, television, and the world communication networks wasn't enough.
Just last week at the iPhone SKD release, we found out that ports of Will "The Sims" Wright's upcoming "sim everything" game Spore and goofy platformer Super Monkey Ball were coming to the iPhone. Now everybody's jumping on the bandwagon. Gameloft, those wacky guys who brought The Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed to the hiptop set, have announced they'll be developing over fifteen games for the iPhone in 2008, though it's not clear if these will be entirely new games or ports of older games. Not to be outdone, Id Software has also said they'll be adding a few apps to the App Store... so maybe the next Doom for the iPhone will be official, followed by iPhone Quake.
It's tough to say how well these will play on a touch screen, though games like Super Monkey Ball are entirely played by tilting the iPhone around. Sony Ericsson FCCed a game phone concept last week, but with a haptic feedback system on their touchscreens, so gamers won't loose track of the controls in the heat of battle. Time will tell, but the game/iPhone combo is likely to be a fairly potent one.
Oh, and if you thought the small frys were the only ones who were going to take advantage of the $99 iPhone dev kits and free hosting on the App Store, think again. Sun Microsystems is already gearing up to put Java on the iPhone.
And if you want to keep that pricy iPhone safe, maybe you should compare the Apple Care plan to the SquareTrade iPhone warranty. The short version is we cost less, and we offer Accidental Damage coverage, too. And our customers tend to be very happy with us. Just sayin'.
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