Msr. Guillemot looks like he'a about to rip a baby to shreds in that picture

as a photographer, I dread to think what had been said to him just before the picture was taken

Msr. Guillemot looks like he'a about to rip a baby to shreds in that picture

as a photographer, I dread to think what had been said to him just before the picture was taken

So, it's the lowest common denominator thing. This doesn't separate the platforms enormously. Simply develop for an iPod Touch 1st gen as the target device and it'll still run along the entire platform.

It's basically going to be like the XBox 360.. it can run XBox games, but it can also run its own custom content.

When the controllers come out for the iPod Touch/iPhone using the new dock connector compatibility that was released in 3.0, we'll get an entirely new platform to play with, and honestly, there's nothing like the iPhone 3GS in the mainstream at the moment. Dual analog controls from an accessory, combined w/ pixel & vertex shader support and soon enough we'll have a stripped down version of Crysis

Chris.

So, it's the lowest common denominator thing. This doesn't separate the platforms enormously. Simply develop for an iPod Touch 1st gen as the target device and it'll still run along the entire platform.

It's basically going to be like the XBox 360.. it can run XBox games, but it can also run its own custom content.

When the controllers come out for the iPod Touch/iPhone using the new dock connector compatibility that was released in 3.0, we'll get an entirely new platform to play with, and honestly, there's nothing like the iPhone 3GS in the mainstream at the moment. Dual analog controls from an accessory, combined w/ pixel & vertex shader support and soon enough we'll have a stripped down version of Crysis

Chris.

The different specs on PC development is among the very reasons that formerly PC centric developers have moved away from the PC game market and into the home console market. Think of all of the "big" PC games released the past few years. Most were developed for XBox 360 primarily as the "target" platform. Why? Less headaches to deal with, less dev costs.

Apple was supposed to "change the mobile market" with the iPhone and iPod touch. Instead they have fallen into the same trap as a Nokia and the rest. Apple had the advantage of having two product lines (iPhone and iPod touch) that ran on the same base hardware, with few differences here and there. Different clockspeeds and RAM speed, but same base CPU, same base GPU. 3Gs has a next gen PowerVR GPU (SGX) rather than MBX-lite (as in the current line). Apple's advantage wasn't hardware. Two years running it is still a significant part of the mobile industry not because of hardware but because of the fusion of software and hardware and accessibility through the App Store. That's Apple's advantage. It's the software, not the hardware. They could've run with the same base hardware, with minor redesigns (changing the GPU is a MAJOR change), for another year and a half to two years giving the current line a better life cycle while also extending the time until the real "next gen" iPhone and iPod touch would be released with even better tech than this 3Gs.

The different specs on PC development is among the very reasons that formerly PC centric developers have moved away from the PC game market and into the home console market. Think of all of the "big" PC games released the past few years. Most were developed for XBox 360 primarily as the "target" platform. Why? Less headaches to deal with, less dev costs.

Apple was supposed to "change the mobile market" with the iPhone and iPod touch. Instead they have fallen into the same trap as a Nokia and the rest. Apple had the advantage of having two product lines (iPhone and iPod touch) that ran on the same base hardware, with few differences here and there. Different clockspeeds and RAM speed, but same base CPU, same base GPU. 3Gs has a next gen PowerVR GPU (SGX) rather than MBX-lite (as in the current line). Apple's advantage wasn't hardware. Two years running it is still a significant part of the mobile industry not because of hardware but because of the fusion of software and hardware and accessibility through the App Store. That's Apple's advantage. It's the software, not the hardware. They could've run with the same base hardware, with minor redesigns (changing the GPU is a MAJOR change), for another year and a half to two years giving the current line a better life cycle while also extending the time until the real "next gen" iPhone and iPod touch would be released with even better tech than this 3Gs.

1) Developer sells standard (i.e. targeted to the majority of the user base) version of game for normal price

2) Users can then optionally download (ideally for free) the 3GS enhancements (whatever they are)

I don't have a problem with progress, but if the iPhone is going to take on an accelerated rate of yearly progress that's more like a mobile phone upgrade than a console generation then it needs to be handled smoothly.

1) Developer sells standard (i.e. targeted to the majority of the user base) version of game for normal price

2) Users can then optionally download (ideally for free) the 3GS enhancements (whatever they are)

I don't have a problem with progress, but if the iPhone is going to take on an accelerated rate of yearly progress that's more like a mobile phone upgrade than a console generation then it needs to be handled smoothly.

I'm worried about storage too though, since when games with better graphics come out they're certainly and easily weigh in around 200 MB if not significantly more. (PSP games are around a gig)