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It needs to have a D-pad with buttons that slide out underneath, similarly to the PSP Go because using the screen as the d-pad interferes with visiblity and isn't as responsive and intuitive as physical buttons would be.
I highly doubt it. If the iphone decides to become a full fledged gaming device, it will be too bulky. The only thing that iphone has advantage over other gaming device is the fact that it's also a phone.
I'm more interested in what else its going to have not in relation to gaming. Its decent for short time waster games and I don't really see that changing unless they add more buttons, and I seriously doubt that will happen. My prediction from what I've been reading:
Faster processor
More ram (maybe better graphics chip too)
More storage
Better camera
Updated software, MMS, Video(which all other iPhones will get in some form)
Slight change in looks
Possibly faster data, AT&T has been doing some upgrading recently
Faster processor
More ram (maybe better graphics chip too)
More storage
Better camera
Updated software, MMS, Video(which all other iPhones will get in some form)
Slight change in looks
Possibly faster data, AT&T has been doing some upgrading recently
The part I hate is that these changes will trickle down to the iPod Touch, and that means the one I got will be inferior to what could be coming. Granted, I don't see the Touch as a great gaming device, but hey. =P
Also, there are already a ton of MMOs on the iPhone. Look up iMob/iMafia/Mafia/Race Wars/iNinja/Girl Wars/etc. *flees*
Also, there are already a ton of MMOs on the iPhone. Look up iMob/iMafia/Mafia/Race Wars/iNinja/Girl Wars/etc. *flees*
@Chronic Logic to be honest that is what I don't like about the iphone- I don't want to play games on my phone and I don't want to take phone calls on my gaming device, I mean I can say that in 10 years I might want to pick up my psp and be like, cool I remember playing this- but a phone is one of those things like a computer that when it is old it just isn't useful for what was originally cool about it- a console or a handheld game though still holds nostalgia- just look at the original gameboy or even my old merlin or simon games in the closet vs. a cellphone from 10 years ago that is just plain useless.
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That's not totally true in the case of the IPhone though, once it becomes useless as a cell phone and you upgrade to a new one, it then just becomes and ipod touch deeming it still useful as an mp3/video player and portable gaming device, I feel it will still hold that nostalgia you speak of 10 years down the road when you pull it out of your closet.
That's not totally true in the case of the IPhone though, once it becomes useless as a cell phone and you upgrade to a new one, it then just becomes and ipod touch deeming it still useful as an mp3/video player and portable gaming device, I feel it will still hold that nostalgia you speak of 10 years down the road when you pull it out of your closet.
I dont mind if they put a graphics chip in it, but I doubt that its gonna become a true competitor to the PSP or the DS. Its got one market covered entirely; fun mini-games and puzzle games that are quick to start and quick to finish (or you can leave them at any time without thinking 'fuck i gotta save'). Thats what I want to play on it, very little else. Hell, I have had other types of games on it, some just because theyre technically impressive; but in the end, i just end up playing Peggle and Vanguard Storm.
I have an iPhone, a ds, and a psp. I don't need the phone to replace the ds or the psp; I need the earpiece and the speaker to be loud enough so that I can hear whoever I'm talking to, I need push email and I need it to stop ruining every text and email I try to send with it's unreliable spellcheck.
That said, it's no competition for the psp or the ds. Maybe if Sony finally makes a PSPhone...
That said, it's no competition for the psp or the ds. Maybe if Sony finally makes a PSPhone...
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