The iOS and Android platforms are becoming popular platforms for people to develop games on, and some people are even starting to let that get to their heads - trying to pretend they're "big boys".
Here's an ad by Sony for the PSP, making fun of iPhone games:
Got to agree with them to be honest. Platforms like the PSP and the DS are proper mobile gaming devices, they actually have something us gamers would play, and not just some flash games in the guise of apps.
An iPhone game came out a while back that "simulated" running a game development studio called "Game Dev Story". Gamers rejoiced at the prospect, I'm sure. That is, until they actually played the game, which showed off just how out of touch the mobile phone game devs are.
Adrian Chmielars from People Can Fly said "Game dev story on iPhone is as much about real game dev as Bokeback Mountain is about a skiing accident in Aspen" and "[it] might actually be tons of fun for people who are not in game dev, but for us... I mean, what developer's first hire is a secretary?".
So, my faithful followers, tell me - do you take mobile phone game seriously? Are there any iPhone or Android games you think are good enough to be called "games"?
9.99!!!! Sucker!!!
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Good video !
Nice blog
Step yo game up! I thought psps were dead.
ReplyDeleteNope, they are not good enough to be called games.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad BREW is almost extinct, greedy Qualcomm
ReplyDeleteWow, waste of money.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to find a mobile "game" game. Fun distracty time-wasters, on the other hand, abound.
ReplyDeleteTo me, Droid and iPhone games are a lot like Wii games. Casual, but entertaining. The DS and the PSP are in a totally different league however, and I love mine to death.
ReplyDeleteyou've got to try out the latest games on the iPhone!
ReplyDeleteModern Combat 2 just came out, and it's amazing.
Planning to get my own smartphone soon. Don't know how much I'll use it for gaming but I guess it depends on how fun it is (obviously, duh...)
ReplyDeleteNope, I don' take them seriously. Just there to kill time when I'm on the train or bus. I don't feel right playing my NDS or PSP in public :x
ReplyDeletelol i love sonys comercials
ReplyDeleteKevin Butler FTW
They are just time killers, where as psp/ds games are actual time investments
ReplyDeletei suppose nintendo ds is better
ReplyDeletea game is a game. it all the same
ReplyDeleteMeh... if I would play games on my way to the school, on the bus, then thats all I'd do all day! I like to have my games stay at home.
ReplyDeletehm dont like them. like someone before said, waste of money and time in my opinion
ReplyDeleteI playing very rarely games when I'm on the way..
ReplyDeletebut it is a good idea for bored ppl in a train for ex
My phone is so primitive it has no games. It's battery life is so short, too, that I wouldn't dare play games on it if I could.
ReplyDeleteSUKKA'.
ReplyDeleteU':<
meh I enjoy the games on my iphone, but I like this ad.
ReplyDeleteiPhone gaming is just getting started. :)
ReplyDeleteI still think the mobile phone "gaming" is a bad joke being played on everyone.
ReplyDeleteI love the iPhone
ReplyDeleteits not a real form of gaming i dont think
ReplyDeleteI play these games when I'm taking a dump at work
ReplyDeleteAs with every platform, some games are fun and some aren't.
ReplyDeletePhones will always be phones. I have a PSX EMU with ff7, and an snes emu with earthbound on my phone. Sadly, I never seem to play them.
ReplyDeleteThese games are time killers. That's all it really is, not real games and doesn't count as gaming. Cheers mate.
ReplyDeletenice commercial :)
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a mobile game that wasn't a pointless time waster.
ReplyDeleteangry birds!
ReplyDeletelol nice commercial.
ReplyDeletelol I a always playin them on the toilet too!
ReplyDeleteisnt bad, but im not ready to pay for something like that ^^
ReplyDeleteiPhone games are convenient though
ReplyDeleteSmartphone games are good when you can't have a true mobile gaming device around.
ReplyDeleteI like my DS. I'd like it more if the games weren't so kiddy.
ReplyDeleteI've never considered smartphones as proper gaming devices, and it looks to be some time before I ever will.
ReplyDeletewell, are they going to come out with a new PSP?
ReplyDeleteI like my iPhone games though
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for PSP 2 sooooo excited.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge fan of playing stuff on my phone, prefer to just use a DS...
ReplyDeleteOnly good games on phones are emulator games :)
ReplyDeleteI heard today that Sony was developing a "playstation phone", though I can't see why they would run an ad like that if they were. Probably fake.
ReplyDeleteNot for me really :D
ReplyDeletethe only games that are good for smartphones are sudoku and snake
ReplyDeleteNo way in hell will this work!
ReplyDeleteNot my cuppa tea...
ReplyDeleteThese have nothing on snake!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm a traveller, therefore no hair cut allowed. It's the rules :p
Ahh I miss my old CTW psp 5.00 m33.
ReplyDelete;_;
cellphone games are good when taking a dump and forgot to bring your PSP along
ReplyDeletecell phone games are getting better I must say.
ReplyDeleteThere is a good iphone game.. No idea what it's called, but it's based around a little blob that gets bigger and smaller and has to keep falling down the screen. Trippy and hours of fun, anyone know what it was called though? :/
ReplyDeleteNintendo will always dominate the handheld industry, they created it after all and have had the most experience. They just seem to know what makes a good handheld.
ReplyDeleteI want to see what the new PSP will look like
ReplyDeletein a few years, these device games will rule
ReplyDeleteNope, no real games. unless you count sudoku and dope wars.
ReplyDeleteiphone has a lot of entertaining lil addicting games which I enjoy just as much as regular ones
ReplyDeleteI prefer iPhone games.
ReplyDeleteOh hang on, I think I know the name of the game now! Blobber. It was pretty sick, spent ages one night on it
ReplyDeletei love sonys comercials
ReplyDeleteKevin Butler FTW
love the psp!
ReplyDeleteIt's that awesome kid from role models!!!
ReplyDeleteI like my smartphone games... I can do it while at work
ReplyDeleteyay more stuff i cant do cause i dont have a iphone lol
ReplyDeleteLove the vid!
ReplyDeleteI love my iphone games!
ReplyDeletelooking forward to get my android smartphone :D
ReplyDeleteI don't take them seriously, but now that I'm seeing better ones come out I may start
ReplyDeletenice dude i agree!
ReplyDeleteAndroid games do suck... except for Angry Birds.
ReplyDeleteI could definitely see why game developers would go to phones instead of handheld game consoles. Everyone has a phone, only a few people got handhelds.
ReplyDeleteAngry birds lol love that game :D
ReplyDeleteI feel we should support hte smaller guys as much as possible. Kind of like music,- screw record labels, let the little man make his own beats. then we can allow for more creativity and construction of awesomeness!
ReplyDeletejust got copter on my blackberry
ReplyDeleteamazing phone game
i play my PSP
ReplyDeletePS all the way!
ReplyDeleteiPhone games forever! nonetheless nice article man :D
ReplyDeleteGotta love the PSP
ReplyDeletei use my android only for stuff that takes only several minutes. for real games i use a nds or pc :F
ReplyDeletepapi jump for the win
ReplyDeletethis looks awesome
ReplyDeleteI love the PSP
ReplyDeleteMinecraft should be for PSP =_=
ReplyDeletei really like the iphone :D
ReplyDeletegood games :D
ReplyDeleteI really hate that the iPhone is pretending to be a console nowadays, really get a PSP or a DS guys!
ReplyDeleteGames on handhelds are pretty shit for what they are. I much prefer consoles and the pc
ReplyDeleteI like playing tetris on my phone more than anything else!! :D
ReplyDeleteBut if you play games on your phone you dont have to carry around 2 things...
ReplyDeleterather play games on a console, personally...
ReplyDelete9.99 sukka!
ReplyDeleteBtw the playstation phone?
I only have games on my Android phone to have something to do on the bus
ReplyDeleteI only have Android games to have something to do on the bus
ReplyDeletePSP games are legit. Better than Nintendo DS any day. Good reviews though, I have some myself check em ^_^
ReplyDeleteiphone is really amazing
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