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As an avid gamer, a programmer, and a cartoonist, I’m really excited to get my hands on this SDK… If it’s free that is. I’ve been playing around with Xcode for a while, but most of my exp comes from Microsoft Studio.

I plan on sitting down with this SDK and will try to program a game that I’ve been thinking of for a while, so hopefully I’ll be able to put my talents to good use.

I for one think that the iPhone could be a huge game market… Everyone who asks me about it asks if it plays games too, to which I respond… “not yet”

Brian, on February 14th, 2008 at 11:13 am

[...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMy colleague Chris Kohler at Wired News has a thought-provoking piece on the iPhone’s potential as a games platform. Since the day Apple introduced it, I’ve been waiting for Apple to unleash multi-touch games, and many of Chris’ sources … [...]

To repeat: The iPhone Will Be a KIller Game Platform | iPhone Blog, on February 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am

I predicted this about two ago. The success of the Nintendo DS was a case study for the potential of this market. I didn’t think then that a multi-touch interface would be part of the platform since the iPhone wasn’t out yet, but revisiting that topic now is quite exciting. I don’t know of any multitouch-based games and speculating as to what developers will come up with in terms of game concepts (like you brian, I noticed you didn’t give any details >_<) is really neat.

Church of Apple, on February 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am

*two years ago*

Church of Apple, on February 14th, 2008 at 11:51 am

I’ve said it before… there is a titanic opportunity for a partnership between Apple and Nintendo. Both companies have a lot in common (pioneers in innovation, forward looking, sleek aesthetic appeal, etc), and an alliance between these two just seems natural. The DS is ok, but it’s more like a proof-of-concept.. it’s not quite the gameboy version of the wii yet. But the touch/iPhone might just the right direction.

Imagine… the iPhone’s gaming element fulfilled by a modern day instance of the gameboy.

ende, on February 18th, 2008 at 9:56 am

Oh, I almost forgot… extend that thought all the way to the Wii and the Apple TV. Yeah. It gets cool.

ende, on February 18th, 2008 at 9:57 am

[...] To repeat: The iPhone Will Be a Killer Game Platform Cult of Mac thinks that gaming on the iPhone is really going to take off after the SDK is released. They also think that if iPhone games are successful, Apple might take steps to go into the game console market and compete with Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. I don’t know about Apple making a game system, it’s pretty obvious that they don’t understand gaming when you look at the lack of PC games on the Mac. I think it’s entirely possible, but I think Apple’s gaming foray would most likely be along the lines of Direct2Drive. Allowing people to download PC and Mac games instantly. [...]

Around the iPhone blogosphere 2 at Playing iPhone, on February 23rd, 2008 at 10:24 am