Comments on: Look out PSP, the iPhone's in town

Look out PlayStation Portable, the iPhone's in town, and game developers have leaped on the chance to develop games for it.

[adsharma23]

I'm sorry but unless gaming with an accelerometer is almost impossible and while the concept seems good (nintendo wii) it really doesn't work. I've tried playing Yeti3D an accelerometer based 1st person shooter with pretty good graphics. While it looks nice it's almost impossible to play because as your playing the screen that your looking at also moves plus you have to be in a certain position to play. The iphone will never rival the PSP or Nintendo DS, not because of graphics but because of controls. Did anyone notice how bad the guy from Pangea was at playing with the acceloremter. The gaming is not going to add to the amount of people getting the iphone, it's more of a welcomed add on. The only way they could improve the gaming would be to endorse something like the iControlPad.

[mathcreative]

I agree, the controls shouldn't be the screen. That's why the ds has two screens, one you control and interact, and one that you can actually watch the gameplay with.

[sarb2008]

Ok the Iphone has already achieved much more then what is being displayed in the App store. Installer App which can be put on jailbroken iphones and ipod touches contain multiple programs which let you run SNES and GBA emulators in the system. These emulator games are amazing and the 3D on some of them is great. plus there are tons of custom made games like isnake that use the accelometer and are fun to play.

[tosandrew]

It sounds like a good concept, but all that in one device? there are bound to be many many flaws, like the accelerometer not being accurate, not a huge library of games like the DS. Besides, someone can just hack an iphone and have games on it from the internet.

[mr_gouda]

I admit the iPhone is pretty sweet, but it doesn't bring anything new to the gaming world. The DS already has a touch screen and you can get tilt sensing devices via the GBA slot at the bottom of the DS.

I'm bored of all these iPhone will kill <insert device here> articles. Crave has already posted about iPhone killing mp3 players, GPS devices, the DS. Is the iPhone cool? Yes. But will it replace every electronic device in the world? No. I doubt other electronic manufacturers are sitting still doing nothing waiting for the iPhone to take over everything.

[Macajuel]

I barely use my PSP for gaming anymore (especially now that Sony stubbornly refuses to add a second analog stick and internal flash or hard disk storage). My PSP now pretty much serves as my mobile multimedia hub as well as my remote access to my PS3. The coming of the 3G iPhone means that my PSP is now going to become a $169.00 wireless remote control for my PS3......pity.

[GLF17]

What if someone made an control pad that plugs into the bottom of the iphone, which would actually be the left side in the horizontal viewing position that you would use in a game? Then you could use the volume up and down buttons as A and B buttons. Just a thought. Then you wouldn't have to be solely reliant on the accelerometer.

[adsharma23]

their already making one it's called the icontrolpad (google it) and it has been endorsed by the developer that made the majority of the jailbroken games (SNES,NES,GB,GBA,Genesis, etc)

[make_or_break]

I hardly use my 1st gen PSP at all, mostly because the cramps my thumbs kept getting because of its controls.Frankly, I don't miss it at all; when I do play on a portable, my second-gen DS gets all the attention, despite NOT being nearly as convergent as the PSP.

While I still have reservations about the increasingly all-n-one nature of an iPhone (mostly because it doesn't offer a user-accessible battery compartment, and when and if the thing goes in for repairs, or gets lost or stolen, you are now SO screwed on so many fronts. Convergence is a great concept, but there were legit reasons why buying a TV with the built-in VCR and/or DVD player was such a BAD IDEA. The same can be said for the iPhone (or any other I-wanna-be-everything-to-all-in-one device). You be DEAD if it be dead.

[JReefer]

I don't care how serious a contender the IPhone is in the gaming market, it's no competition for the PSP or the DS from a gaming perspective even with it's "game remakes".

[Emmanuel_von_Angst]

please make it stop...
I will personally put up $25,000 guaranteeing you that iPhone will not take the mobile gaming crown from PSP or DS. Enough is enough already with the iPhone worship. I know that AT&T is a BIG advertiser on Cnet (just look at their ads on every sidebar) but give it a rest.
iPhone is adding features NOW that smartphones have had for YEARS. It looks pretty but it really isn't all that. (yes, I've owned one)
I'm waiting for the next article claiming iPhone has put my cardiologist on notice as it will be the first choice angioplasty provider.

[nartin86]

I think I have less respect for CNET now because it just keeps writing these stupid hypes

[joexps]

Sounds fun except my kids are now calling my iphone from their psp. Clear sound and great games what more could you ask for. Ya you need a wireless connection but they haven?t had a problem the past 7 months.