Zero Punctuation: iPhone Games

This week Yahtzee reviews iPhone Games
spoco2says...

I have just entered the 'real' world of mobile gaming having got my first android phone. And while the market is not as rich or deep as the iPhone library, I have been thoroughly enjoying wasting time on the train playing Angry Birds and the like... and I have a lot of games... and I've paid for a sum total of... 1 of them. Reckless Racing. And I'm glad I did as it's an impressive little top down racer indeed. Plus... $3 Australian hardly breaks the bank.

Plus, other than getting to use the Wii with the kids occasionally on a weekend, it's the only gaming I get to do

westysays...

I think one of his arguments is that Iphone Games Are less derivative of eachother and not simple cash ins ( to the extent of AAA games), (although that's not his central points and i'm just elaborating on this one thing for the sake of brining it to light)

This is simply not true , granted you don't see 10x of the same game typ on the app store front end , but that's because they are often copping from flash games which act as a filter , app store is just a part of the "micro casual game" market place which would incude , flash , andriod ,xbl indi, and other such services. ( the popularity aspect of how the app store lists games is also a filter but just because you cannot see them on the front end dose not mean that the vast majorty of content avalable is not dervtive and a cash in , in the same way console games are.

angry birds for example is esentualy another developer cashing in on a game like crush the castle .

I don't mind people cashing in on game ideas or concepts , but what I do dislike is that the guys that made crush the castle would now find it very hard to make decent money from that game on iphone. ( I believe both authors should receive fair compencastion , crush castle devs for original concept , and angry bird devs for building on it.

Its allot harder to make Serous money from a flash game hit than it is to make decent money from a I phone hit , angry birds has probably made the devs over £1Mil where as crush the castle on flash maby 20-50k

skinnydaddy1says...

Sorry currently unemployable, No Cell Phone, 6 year old computer, 12 year old car and no consoles.
So I'm currently in the 20th LvL of gamers hell and according to republicans its my fault.
An I guess best way to breath on mars is not to. Breathing on a candy bar may melt it. It's better to just eat it and let it melt in you mouth.
meh

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