Comments on: iPhone and iPod Touch Gaming Accessories... Coming Soon?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:08:48 +0000

Most of the apps sold in the store are games so that must tell you something Fluffeh.
I wouldn't hesitate to buy a controller for the iphone/ipod touch, my guess is that the major developers will support it. There has to be an option in game to use the touch screen or an accessory and i hope the controllers are universal which is able to work with any game that has accessory support, otherwise it would be very cumbersome to use different controllers for different games.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:08:00 +0000

By: Aaron Sullivan

Aaron Sullivan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:39 +0000

@Fluffeh
It's a good question, but I think the answer is yes. At least, to be successful doesn't need a huge amount of gamers because accessories usually have decent margins. Especially iDevice accessories.

By: Aaron Sullivan

Aaron Sullivan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:09:00 +0000

By: rob s

rob s — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:56:53 +0000

they did report this, im sure

By: rob s

rob s — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:56:00 +0000

they did report this, im sure

By: Fluffeh

Fluffeh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:41:51 +0000

Are there really enough hard-core gamers to make these add-ons successful?

By: Fluffeh

Fluffeh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:41:00 +0000

Are there really enough hard-core gamers to make these add-ons successful?

By: Aaron Sullivan

Aaron Sullivan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:06:28 +0000

@C Lewis: Here, here. WIth that scenario, support goes directly into my game, ASAP. If it\'s a bunch of competing controllers... *sigh*

Very encouraging that Apple put that little blurb on the page.

I like the ideas here. Battery or a separate controller. Hmm...

By: Aaron Sullivan

Aaron Sullivan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:06:00 +0000

@C Lewis: Here, here. WIth that scenario, support goes directly into my game, ASAP. If it's a bunch of competing controllers... *sigh*

Very encouraging that Apple put that little blurb on the page.

I like the ideas here. Battery or a separate controller. Hmm...

By: St. McDuck

St. McDuck — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:57:41 +0000

I need a bluetooth light gun for all those shooting games.
Make it happen, faceless accessory-manufacturers!

By: St. McDuck

St. McDuck — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:57:00 +0000

I need a bluetooth light gun for all those shooting games.
Make it happen, faceless accessory-manufacturers!

By: qasim

qasim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:41:15 +0000

Whoa! That's great newss!! Lol can't wait!

By: qasim

qasim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Whoa! That's great newss!! Lol can't wait!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:14:52 +0000

How about an entirely separate controller, connected via bluetooth? Coupled with the ability to output game sound and video through the dock connector to my TV, using the cable I have that does that for movies, the iTouch/iPhone could be a standalone console!