Apple Voted Largest Influence On Gaming Industry
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The Steve Jobs who didn't bother to patch video card drivers until Gabe Newell decided that he wanted Steam on the iOS Steve Jobs?CrystalShadow said:
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Hes also arguably the reason we have consoles today at all, I mean when the videogame market crumbled the only ones who were willing to release a console was a little known Japanese company called nintendo, but without games from someone like Miyamoto its possible that it would have flopped and no one else would have tried it again.Sneezeguard said:
The man who made mario brought back gaming from the dead...screw the apple fans theey don't know anything
Hahahaha!
Oh wait they're serious. Let me laugh even harder
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go shout because I can't that most of the people who voted for this obviously does not know what the word innovation means or that just because their the face of something doesn't mean that they are directly involved with said "innovations."
Oh wait they're serious. Let me laugh even harder
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go shout because I can't that most of the people who voted for this obviously does not know what the word innovation means or that just because their the face of something doesn't mean that they are directly involved with said "innovations."
Devil's Advocate: iPhone, Wii and Facebook made gamers out of our moms, aunts, grandfathers, and jocks. Angry Birds has 500 million downloads. For *us* those people had minimal impact, but to Joe and Jill on the street, Miyamoto is a guy nerds talk about if they even know the name.
I wonder about the number of console+PC gamers compared to Facebook/iPhone/Wii only gamers?
One of the women I work with still makes fun of us, and nephew, to playing "those stupid games" but still plays Wii bowling.
I'd still pick different answers though.
I wonder about the number of console+PC gamers compared to Facebook/iPhone/Wii only gamers?
One of the women I work with still makes fun of us, and nephew, to playing "those stupid games" but still plays Wii bowling.
I'd still pick different answers though.
I'm sorry what did you say? I temporary blacked out from stupid overload.
The IPhone is becoming a mover and shaker in games but it's still the fresh young kid of the industry, not the Earth shattering root that such titles call for. It's just a survey, so whatever, but it's a little disconcerting.
The IPhone is becoming a mover and shaker in games but it's still the fresh young kid of the industry, not the Earth shattering root that such titles call for. It's just a survey, so whatever, but it's a little disconcerting.
Well it's pretty clear that this is bullshit, judging by the comments and factors of it all...
But Steve Jobs wasn't a god, although it seems the world would like to think he was...
But Steve Jobs wasn't a god, although it seems the world would like to think he was...
Man who makes Microsoft, who then not only make one of the 3 current generation consoles, but are the owner of the prominent PC operating system for gaming, annihilated by a guy who's company created the Mac, which if you put in the same sentence as gaming will result in derisive laughter. GG professionals, GG.
Maybe I should elaborate my previous RagefaceRedlin5 said:My expression exactly. Just because the man died doesn't mean he suddenly had a massive effect on the gaming industry. There are many companies who have shaped the gaming market much more than Apple in the past few years.Sagacious Zhu said:
Granted, the Apple line of handheld products certainly launched a renaissance in casual gaming, providing small developers with the means of selling their products in ways previously unavailable on such a large scale.
However, if we are recognizing the new resurgence of casual games, I think that more recognition should go to the developers who made the games rather than the CEO who was in charge of the company that distributed them.
LOL. Well, I won't say anything because I am a member of what some people like to call the "PC master race" although I also play on my consoles >_>.
OT: You know, if they voted for someone along the lines of Mr Miyamoto, the designer/creator of Halo, John Carmac or anything related to main stream gaming I could accept it and I wouldn't bat an eyelid on the matter. But I find this laughable, I'm sorry.
OT: You know, if they voted for someone along the lines of Mr Miyamoto, the designer/creator of Halo, John Carmac or anything related to main stream gaming I could accept it and I wouldn't bat an eyelid on the matter. But I find this laughable, I'm sorry.
I'd say Sir Tim Berners-Lee should have been voted top. You know why? He was one the major figures in creating what we are using right now...THE INTERNET!
(To be exact his invention was the World Wide Web and all the code that goes with it (I think thats correct)).
I doubt many of the people who voted even know he is; mainly because he didn't try and make money from his creation.
Bottom Line: No Tim = no XBL, no PSN, no Steam, no Facebook, no MMOs, no AppStore.
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(To be exact his invention was the World Wide Web and all the code that goes with it (I think thats correct)).
I doubt many of the people who voted even know he is; mainly because he didn't try and make money from his creation.
Bottom Line: No Tim = no XBL, no PSN, no Steam, no Facebook, no MMOs, no AppStore.
*EDIT*
Well at least adds some context...Still it's highly likely that many of these people didn't even know who Tim was. Heck did they even know any of the names on list besides Jobbs?L10nH3ArT said:
Wait... what... the... holly... fucking shit is this about?!
The iPhone probably works great for gaming, but it doesn't offer much that you can't get from other phones. Now I don't want to step into the role as a hardcore gamer here and say that what you do on a phone can't be considered gaming, especially seeing that some of my recent games on Steam involves Dungeon Defender and Yosumin, but this is stupid.
If I am taking a shit I might play some game on my phone (doesn't have an iPhone and it still works). If I were to travel far I would use my DS and probably play Professor Layton or Pokemon since that holds my attention much better. Oh well, I guess this is just Apple fans doing their thing and praising the former CEO who recently died.
The iPhone probably works great for gaming, but it doesn't offer much that you can't get from other phones. Now I don't want to step into the role as a hardcore gamer here and say that what you do on a phone can't be considered gaming, especially seeing that some of my recent games on Steam involves Dungeon Defender and Yosumin, but this is stupid.
If I am taking a shit I might play some game on my phone (doesn't have an iPhone and it still works). If I were to travel far I would use my DS and probably play Professor Layton or Pokemon since that holds my attention much better. Oh well, I guess this is just Apple fans doing their thing and praising the former CEO who recently died.
I hate to sound cold here but honestly...Apples on this list because Jobs died. Well, he is at the top of the list because he died. Ill grant him a position of influence that shouldn't be dismissed, but he is not at influential as others.
Also, most influential on video games? Excuse me but, well...
Think about it. Gygax not only pioneered the RPG and the contemporary fantasy setting, but he probably was the origin of the popular concept of playing a game where the player controls a single avatar. And that's the majority of your major games these days. I doubt that one can even speculate what the gaming landscape would look like without him.
Also, most influential on video games? Excuse me but, well...
Think about it. Gygax not only pioneered the RPG and the contemporary fantasy setting, but he probably was the origin of the popular concept of playing a game where the player controls a single avatar. And that's the majority of your major games these days. I doubt that one can even speculate what the gaming landscape would look like without him.
