Apple Voted Largest Influence On Gaming Industry

[babinro]

Well I agree with the iphone being the largest influence on the gaming industry. It is essentially bringing in mass markets like the Wii but feels like its more accepted and will have a greater long term future. The PS3 is pushing the industry further with things like blue ray acceptance and 3D use. 360 is all about a strong game library but is hardly influential on the industry...more like that the norm.

Steve Jobs winning on the other hand is simply a timing thing much like everything that happened after Michael Jackson's passing.

 

[antipunt]

this reminds me of the other thread which brought up hardcore games vs casual games. I recall someone making an ad hoc explanation about how Wii bowling was a 'hardcore game'... Would angry birds be included here?

 

[BeerTent]

Personally, I think this article could have been ported by someone with unbiased knowledge on the subject.

But that's just me talking.

It's easy to see the influence that Jobs and the Ipod did on the industry. All of these people were massively influential... Jobs was just the most recent, and IMO, that helped him and his platform get more votes on his side.

And another thing, (Yes, you antipunt) This isn't just a debate on "hardcore vs casual." This is influence on the damn industry. This isn't influence on just "casual" games, or just "hardcore" games. This is the industry, and what it has produced, and how it has evolved.

 

[marioandsonic]

This survey makes no damn sense

How the hell has Steve Jobs done more for the video game industry than Shigeru Miya-fucking-moto?

 

[Sofus]

the iPhone has shaped videogames more than any other device or console

Shaped it how exactly? are we simply talking about accessibility or what.

I don't see how it has affected games outside of handheld devices. When I look at recent pc/console games I fail to see how the iOS or Steve Jobs has made a difference in the games we play.

edit

As for Tim Berners-Lee getting so few votes... I thought that the internet might have shaped things a tiny bit more than the iOS.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

Steve Jobs didn't save the game industry like a certain someone on that list...

 

[Koroviev]

This... Pardon?
What the hell did this survey look like?

How has Steve Jobs done more than Shigeru Miyamoto?

My thoughts exactly. I'm tempted to unsubscribe to various tech sites because my damn RSS feed is so clogged with utterly mundane Apple "news."

 

[dessertmonkeyjk]

What the?! I heard more chirping about Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo then from Apple. Was this legit but poorly done or just overly exaggerated?

I would of picked Nintendo or Sony to be honest.

 

[Koroviev]

And I still have no interest or desire for an iPhone or any mobile gaming.

Maybe one day, but I still want a good game or two first.

Right with you there. My phone is purely functional. And while I do like the Nintendo DS and the PSP, I want nothing to do with iPhone games. I mean, isn't that what NewGrounds and Adult Swim are for? Why would I pay anything for them, especially on a device with 5 minutes of battery life if it's idle?

 

[ShadowHunter474]

There is a time to acknolage soemthing and their is a time to call bullshit... The time for the later has come!!!

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

Gary Gygax/Dungeons & Dragons not even mentioned? Lord British/Ultima? Nothing about the popularizing of the most profitable genre of AAA Games (Shooters)? How about Blizzard or Square Enix (for really popularizing cinematics in games)?

Also, Gaben losing to Jobs? Episode 3 is never coming out now...

 

[Therumancer]

It says a lot about the industry and how it's gone from making games, to making the biggest profits possible. Apple is important not because it's a good gaming platform, or because high quality entertainment experiences like epic length RPGS with all the bells and whistles can be created on it (I mean there is only so much you can do in 4" eye-bleedo vision) but because tons of money can be made on it from casuals. Tons of money can be made from making serious game son other platforms, but not as much as can be made from things like iPhones, with a much lower outlay of cash and development time due to the relatively undemanding consumer base. As a result, to this manner of thinking, yeah... I can see why Apple has become so important. It's not a good thing, but it's understandable.

 

[Baresark]

I was coming on here with the intention of quoting and laughing at people who said Steve Jobs was massively influential to this, but then no one agreed at all with this rather insane poll.

Clearly, the questions were not explicit at all when you look at the random collection of favorites from the mentioned sections. Even to the point where it puts percentage picks next to items that are not remotely attempting or doing the same thing within the industry.

 

[Bluntman1138]

SO a five minute "Game APP" is what is considered as a game these days????


I dont want to live on this planet anymore.....

 

[BristolBerserker]

Nope. That is bollocks.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

So apparently the infrastructure that had been in place for decades which enabled games to have the ability to exist on iphones is less important than the fact that more people play casual games than normal console games, according to those "videogame professionals".


Well, I sure hope I don't ever get to experience the fruits of those people's profession...and considering I don't game exclusively in 20 minute spreads that's quite likely so I'm happy.




In all seriousness though, that's more about the current modern game reality than games when taken as a whole, also it's more about money or popularity than quality or artistic merit, thus nobody should be bent over it or in fact give it any sense of validity through pretending it matters. It's just a nice way to say goodbye to the boss of the smart people who made our phones and computers do the fusion dance.

 

[Zing]

Yeah...no.

I agree Apple does have some influence on the gaming industry. But more than Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft? Or hell, even big name developers/publishers like Blizzard, Valve or EA? No way.

In fact you can put it under all of the names I just mentioned, and probably a few more.

 

[irequirefood]

What the hell. Shigeru Miyamoto should be number one, or at least have a higher % than goddamn 7%

Also, where is the list for actual games that had the biggest influence on gaming, that seems like the most obvious thing of the many many many many things that have an influence on gaming?

I agree. There should have been a game section. I'd be curious to see who votes for what on that.

 

[scorptatious]

What.

While it is true that Apple has provided gaming to a large demographic with tablets and phones, people like say, Nintendo practically made gaming the way it is today.

 

[TheDooD]

Who in clusterfuck was chosen for this pole and why in the fuck are they dick riding Apple it's only RECENTLY those bastards got into gaming. No way in hell they did more then Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft.