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Xbox Live and the achievments is their joker against the iphone. But the games, I don't know. Everything that was rendered 3d lagged like hell. Could be the video or the crappy phone.
I loved the 'earn achievements' part - it's like saying 'Okay, maybe these are not the games for the typical, hardcore gamer, but look - YOU GET MORE POINTS ON YOUR ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE BORED'.
And what platform i'm backing?
PS3 and X360.
And what platform i'm backing?
PS3 and X360.
What would be interesting is if they did similar to blackberry with the their messaging and did free messaging to live members through their servers.
I'm backing Android all the way - but I don't really use my phone for gaming, i have a PSP for that, so far not a single phone has come close to the PSP in pure gaming awesomeness. Socom, Monster Hunter, MGS, Gran Turismo just can't be challenged by any phone yet, hell even other portable gaming devices have a hard time keeping up!
The HTC Desire however the best gadget I've ever had for web browsing, music listening, video watching, social networking, taking photos/videos, SatNav, oh and the whole making calls and getting texts thing too.
The HTC Desire however the best gadget I've ever had for web browsing, music listening, video watching, social networking, taking photos/videos, SatNav, oh and the whole making calls and getting texts thing too.
I have and android. And I don't have access to any paid games (I know there are good games free too) because there is no support for that market in my country. I like my phone, I really do. But the aproach Microsoft has taken with the minimalist design and stuff has me craving for a phone like that and it has a camera button, the biggest flaw in my phone.
OH Hot dang might get this phone i love windows always wanted a windows phone and i love xbox. its an evil money making conspiracy :D
@Tom Davy: Open Source? What should be open source?? Microsoft has some of the best sdks out there and you can even program games/apps with the ridiculously easy to use XNA framework. So do you just want to sound edgy? Because as far as comments go there is a trend with this open source shit.
@ Taigoman - Dude, embraced the open-source-ed-ness. Get the apps/games from the web and load them onto your phone via PC!!
What Country are you in?
Also, i'm not sure where you would get them, but i'm CERTAIN that you can.
Damn, Camera button. the one and only flaw to my phone too. You've got a Desire or a Nexus 1 i take it? Although, saying that I have no trouble using either the front button or the touch screen, and quite like the slick, buttonless side.
What Country are you in?
Also, i'm not sure where you would get them, but i'm CERTAIN that you can.
Damn, Camera button. the one and only flaw to my phone too. You've got a Desire or a Nexus 1 i take it? Although, saying that I have no trouble using either the front button or the touch screen, and quite like the slick, buttonless side.
Lots of games are what I've seen on iPhone and Android based phones.
I love the Achievements part though.
I love the Achievements part though.
The iPhone has achievements through OpenFeint and +Plus. I've played games on both Android and iPhone (which I own), and the iPhone simply outperforms in every way. Responsive multitouch coupled with accelerometers is where it's at.
Wow, it's a dumbed down version of the XBOX live which we may or may not have to pay for. This looks pretty shit to me. Leave the gaming on the consoles.
Personally, as a developer, I'll put my money on iPhone.
Sure, it currently has slightly less market share than Android. But, it doesn't have all the compatibility issues like when you're developing for Android. I mean you've to consider all the different screen sizes, resolutions, processors, RAMs, etc, for each Android phone currently on the market. Too troublesome....-_-
As for Windows 7 phone. I think it'll most likely end up like the Nokia N-Gage. A failure.
Why?
Because it's backing the wrong type of audience. Namely, hardcore gamers. Hardcore gaming market is just not that big for phones (or any other pieces of technology, actually).
Don't believe me?
Just look at the top 100 iPhone games every week. At least 80% of them are casual games. The success of Facebook games and the Nintendo Wii should've made MSFT realize that backing the hardcore gamers is just a plain wrong move.
Sure, it currently has slightly less market share than Android. But, it doesn't have all the compatibility issues like when you're developing for Android. I mean you've to consider all the different screen sizes, resolutions, processors, RAMs, etc, for each Android phone currently on the market. Too troublesome....-_-
As for Windows 7 phone. I think it'll most likely end up like the Nokia N-Gage. A failure.
Why?
Because it's backing the wrong type of audience. Namely, hardcore gamers. Hardcore gaming market is just not that big for phones (or any other pieces of technology, actually).
Don't believe me?
Just look at the top 100 iPhone games every week. At least 80% of them are casual games. The success of Facebook games and the Nintendo Wii should've made MSFT realize that backing the hardcore gamers is just a plain wrong move.
I had an N-Gage thrust upon me as a kid. Its only went and got a virus. Also, I find it pretty funny how Microsoft is marketing this towards the hardcore, while its main system is going the casual route. Something needs fixing here.
Look, I really want in iphone, but have verizon. So if iphone, which sounds like it may in january, comes to verizon-ill probably be getting that....BUT, if this win 7 phone can prove to be comparable-which i doubt, i would dig it. I like the xbox live games/featurs.
Not interested. iPhone & Android OS are so much better. Perhaps that PSP Android phone exists, then iPhone would have a competitor. Has anyone ever had something created by Microsoft that even worked anyway?
I'll wait and see how Apple's GameCenter stacks up to Xbox Live "mobile" then I'll make my decision.
Achievements on cell games will suck. The games themselves usually have no control or framerates and I bet the achievements would be impossible.
The games look fine, but Windows Phone 7 is going to be crap. I'll stick with my current Windows phone, which can actually do more than one thing at a time, thank you.
@Toadmaster
Have you forgotten that there are 4 versions of the iPhone out there? Android phones have to maintain mininum specs that are actually more powerful than the original iPhone. I had the original for four years... loved it, but the phone is underpowered by todays standards.... yet I could still play all the games I downloaded, some of them just ran poorly. Developers have to keep the different iPhones in mind just as Android developers have to keep all their users in mind with varying phone capabilities. This type of situation hasn't hurt PC gaming. I just upgraded to a Galaxy S Captivate Android phone and must say I prefer it over iOS by far. My new phone is more powerful than an iPhone 4 and even an iPad (listed specs are more powerful and I tested Asphalt 5 on my bro's iPhone 4 vs my Galaxy S, ran almost twice as fast on my phone). Android phones are going to outpace iPhone in the next couple years because there is hardware competition in the Android market. HTC is releasing a phone with a 1.5 Ghz processor this fall.
Have you forgotten that there are 4 versions of the iPhone out there? Android phones have to maintain mininum specs that are actually more powerful than the original iPhone. I had the original for four years... loved it, but the phone is underpowered by todays standards.... yet I could still play all the games I downloaded, some of them just ran poorly. Developers have to keep the different iPhones in mind just as Android developers have to keep all their users in mind with varying phone capabilities. This type of situation hasn't hurt PC gaming. I just upgraded to a Galaxy S Captivate Android phone and must say I prefer it over iOS by far. My new phone is more powerful than an iPhone 4 and even an iPad (listed specs are more powerful and I tested Asphalt 5 on my bro's iPhone 4 vs my Galaxy S, ran almost twice as fast on my phone). Android phones are going to outpace iPhone in the next couple years because there is hardware competition in the Android market. HTC is releasing a phone with a 1.5 Ghz processor this fall.
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