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Does the iPhone/iPod touch really need a gamepad?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ironcell" data-source="post: 724458" data-attributes="member: 57421"><p>I started a thread about the iPod touch being considered the best gaming device on the market. I was totally amazed by the amount of excellent responses listing both pros/cons of iPhone/iPod touch gaming compared to Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP. </p><p></p><p>The discussion revolved mainly around controls, many pointed out because the iPod touch had no real gamepad it could never really compete with DS/PSP, while on the other side, some of you made great counter arguments that the iPod touch's controls had potential.</p><p></p><p>I was reading an article called <a href="http://osxreality.com/2008/07/22/iphone-gaming-play-to-your-strengths/" target="_blank">iPhone Gaming: Play to your Strengths</a> the other day and it really got me thinking about what kind of game genres would work best on the iPhone/iPod touch and which ones would just be horrible.</p><p></p><p>So lets talk about this, what games do you think would naturally be at home on the iPhone/iPod touch and what game genres would be a disaster?</p><p></p><p>I'll kick things off, Flight Sims would be awesome on the iPhone/iPod touch, StarSmasher although it's really basic, is proof of concept that flight sims do work well with accelerometer based controls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ironcell, post: 724458, member: 57421"] I started a thread about the iPod touch being considered the best gaming device on the market. I was totally amazed by the amount of excellent responses listing both pros/cons of iPhone/iPod touch gaming compared to Nintendo DS and Sony's PSP. The discussion revolved mainly around controls, many pointed out because the iPod touch had no real gamepad it could never really compete with DS/PSP, while on the other side, some of you made great counter arguments that the iPod touch's controls had potential. I was reading an article called [URL="http://osxreality.com/2008/07/22/iphone-gaming-play-to-your-strengths/"]iPhone Gaming: Play to your Strengths[/URL] the other day and it really got me thinking about what kind of game genres would work best on the iPhone/iPod touch and which ones would just be horrible. So lets talk about this, what games do you think would naturally be at home on the iPhone/iPod touch and what game genres would be a disaster? I'll kick things off, Flight Sims would be awesome on the iPhone/iPod touch, StarSmasher although it's really basic, is proof of concept that flight sims do work well with accelerometer based controls. [/QUOTE]
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