Apple Dominates Gaming Industry

Posted by admin On September - 10 - 2009

apple dominated games industryEarlier today Steve Jobs told the New York Times that the iPod touch is first and foremost a gaming device, and that’s why it doesn’t have a camera. We’re not entirely convinced, but look at this chart Apple trotted out this morning’s “Rock & Roll” event.

It shows the number of game and entertainment titles for the iPhone/iPod platform. Apple has almost five times the number of titles as the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS combined.

That’s a huge number. Yes, a lot of those titles are fart apps or simple throwaway games. But that’s still a lot of titles. My kids haven’t touched their GameBoys since we got an iPod touch.

No wonder every game company under the sun is rushing out apps — the iPhone/iPod platform is taking over. Add another industry to Steve Jobs’ quiver: PCs, digital music, computer animation, mobile internet and now games. [cult of mac]

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4 Comments

  1. Urbankiwi says:

    Ouch… but surely this is just a mash up of stats.. i mean how good are most of those games.

  2. Jeremy says:

    How good are most of those i-Pod/Phone games? COMPLETE AND UTTER GARBAGE. My mate has been connected to his iPhone since he got it. He keeps drawing comparisons between his ‘games’ and the proper games I play on my DS. But it’s not a comparison. You can’t call those apps “games”, not by any definition I know of. Seriously, this chart has been designed to – obviously – make Apple look good, well, great. Would you bestow the title of “video game” on an app where you tip a picture of a beer can up and listen to it make a glug glug noise? Apple leading the way in games? coughbullshitcough.

  3. Monkey :0 says:

    “That’s a huge number. Yes, a lot of those titles are fart apps or simple throwaway games. But that’s still a lot of titles. My kids haven’t touched their GameBoys since we got an iPod touch.”

    I’d say that’s much more a reflection of your kids’ tardo attention span and disregard for real games than an endorsement of iPod game quality.

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