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Emulators are unlicensed versions of the programs and Apple does have a somewhat understandable reason to try to break Jailbreak capability - to avoid getting sued by the likes of Nintendo and Sony, as well as every other major software developer.
Finally, remember the old saw - a Jack of all trades is a master of none. As a smartphone, the iPhone is pretty darned good (not as good as a Blackberry for business use though). As a PMP, it's also pretty darned good. As a gaming platform, it's mediocre at best. I'd rather play games on a device built to play games. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
11/10/09
Besides, this device doesn't have to be limited to emulators. Game devs could support it for their own games.
Steve Jobs has said that he wants the iPod Touch to become a gaming platform, it just needs to grow more and get better games than all of the free/$0.99 ones it has now.
11/10/09
You are right in that companies would have to bring their IP to the iPhone for it to be a successful gaming device and you would likely never see the someone like Nintendo, with their own successful portable device, on the iPhone. I thought anyone could put out an accessory for the iPhone though so long as it was either approved by Apple or contained whatever authentication chip is required? What I'm picturing is someone coming along and releasing an accessory like this for non-jailbroken iPhones and then iPhone game developers making use of it (maybe even requiring it to work with their games since multi-touch only really works with certain types of games). #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
11/10/09
Fortunately, Nintendo no longer makes money off of older systems because everything you buy for them is pretty much used now so emulators probably won't be done away with any time soon. #icontrolpadnewdesignanalog
10/11/09
They're the script-kiddies of modding.
Go online -
Pester people about the amount of power in device -
pester more people about the brightest LEDs -
find LED power calculator -
Brag incessantly about your nigh unusable device.
*sigh*
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As far as dual analogs nubs go...whatever. dual analog for Fps games on consoles suck total ass...why would I want the frustration with analog nubs and only two shoulder buttons as opposed to four on a DS3 controller? Becoming another unskilled bastard, a slave to auto aim, living in delusion like I actually accomplished that kill streak when in reality it was the damn aim-bot overlord? No thanks.
If Sony really wanted to go balls to the wall with FPS support on the go, then the PSP-G would have a touch screen. FPS games on DS have superior accuracy that simply couldn't be matched with a dual analog setup because of the touch screen support. The cramps that come with it...well...we'll save that for a different convo.
05/30/09
Nor do I have any interest in buying a game I can't trade/resell/actually -own-, either. I do like digital distribution, to a point, particularly for smaller games on the level of XBLA, Virtual Console, and some smaller PSN titles, but as a console's main support? No. Never. Never ever -ever-.
It kills the secondhand market, it kills the sense of ownership one has from actually -possessing- a game, and it kills any joy the collector takes in managing shelves of their prized finds. Absolutely epic failure.
05/30/09
Also judging from how many companies have released smaller and smaller gear over the last 10 years...I'd say that smaller form factor IS a selling point.
05/30/09
SONY used to make sexy shit, now it's all just "meh".
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More than FPSs use analog sticks and it would only serve to open up the amount of gameplay on the PSP.
And why wouldn't they just replace the start/select buttons with a second analog stick and just move those poorly placed buttons above, where your thumb won't accidentally press them.
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