Has anyone else wondered what the hell is up with hardware companies charging so much more for a model with more onboard storage? It's the same sort of stuff (as in, technology-wise) as regular flash memory cards, right?
No multi-touch interface - I fail to see how that would be especially useful in games for a handheld device. It would surely relegate it to the lap? No app store - Sony has PSN, Nintendo has DSi Ware
It's considered a convenience charge. Well, here's the thing with the PSP GO! It has onboard storage AND a new form factor. Sony compounds these two reasons together and goes "lol, pay up boys" Keep in mind Sony has the most expensive flash memory card per MB, so Sony feels its pricing is "in line" with everything else.
Both of which are relatively closed platforms. There is plenty of things that Apple has done terribly wrong with the touch devices, but plenty theyve done right too, and too few will recognize that for some reason. (Not saying you guys, just a general comment really)
Well, I'm sure I speak for everyone in here when I say that I'd rather play Look Like Lady Gaga than Dissidia: FF or Scribblenauts.
Say what you will, but Apple has a knack for coming up with devices that eventually evolve into bigger things. The iPhone was initially developed solely as a smartphone. Look at it now...either through deliberate moves or sheer luck, Apple not only has a platform that plays handheld games, but also a huge library of titles and an infrastructure with which to delivery content. The iPod saw a similar metamorphosis. Few thought the iPod was ever going to evolve into such a versatile and powerful platform when the first model launched in early 2000. We just thought it was an Apple branded alternative to the clunky Rio MP3 players available back in those days. Then came iTunes and the rest is history. If Apple had the gone the way of creating a separate handheld device strictly for gaming, there's little doubt they'd get very far with it. Oddly enough, by going this "blue ocean strategy" route similar to Nintendo, they've not only become a dominant force almost overnight, but god knows what else they have up their sleeves. Yes, I've used a Mac for many years now, long before the iPod and the hipsters deemed Apple cool and trendy. I for one dislike the direction Apple has taken (less emphasis on Macs, and so forth) but given my business background, I can't help but consider their moves over the last decade brilliant from a pure strategic, branding and marketing standpoint.
Just caught this thread, been busy away from the forums. Apple basically pushed the gaming factor of the ipod touch because they experienced hardware issues implementing the camera into it. They had to come up with something for the show, so they rolled out this game machine push, which isn't new anyway. As a Mac guy, and a collector of vintage macs at that, I just can't see any apple device (besides an Apple II) as a gaming machine. They will always be for me business machines or media centers. The original Mac had tons of great shareware programs much like the iphone but it was never a gaming machine by any means. The Iphone, and yes I have one, is just not that great at playing games with. However, for doing just about anything else its one of the most useful things I own. I find Sony's PSP Go to be far more amusing then anything apple is claiming. I love the psp, but its getting abit old now and could use an upgrade. Sony trying to compete with the iphone using an old device with crippled features such as no umd is just amazing to me.
My N-gage is dying so it is not even a phone soon, so if I can get good cheap, then the old N-gage is going to rest in pieces. But I just call the Iphone a "whyphone" and I have done that since forever.
