Apple Voted Largest Influence On Gaming Industry

[Jegsimmons]

According to industry professionals,

GOD DAMN IT GOD DAMN IT GOD DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!!!!

Its those damn self proclaimed "experts" running their mouths spewing bullshit about shit they didn't bother to research again!
god almighty damn, this is the third article in two days that have done this on this sight alone and im already about to crack my head in with a brick!
im have a bloody stroke (as in literally bloody, some one get me a tissue) because every person that is supposed to research stuff is being a fucking twat and saying the stupidest shit ive ever heard!



thats or this is some major trolling.

 

[Atmos Duality]

That's just fucking depressing.
I don't own a single product that man created or marketed.
The fuck did he do for my gaming? Nothing.

Oh wells. Just moving right along...

 

[The Random One]

Steve was never the greatest, just the loudest.

 

[maturin]

Amazing what dying can do.

 

[floobie]

If talking about very recently, I'll be inclined to agree.

If talking about the industry in general, I'd be absolutely amazed. Nintendo clearly are the forerunners, no matter whether you're a fan of their product or not.

Yeah, this about sums it up for me. In the past 5 years or so, Apple has definitely brought gaming to a whole new range of devices. But, if we're talking influence on gaming since the dawn of gaming... it has to be Nintendo.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I think this is only because Steve died recently and now everyone wants to make his family feel better, that's the only reason this could've happened.

End the thread right here, the truth is too painful to carry on for another few pages.

 

[Some_weirdGuy]

Um, what? Steve Jobs is the most influential person in Gaming???

The same Steve Jobs that essentially crippled gaming on Macs for a decade because he doesn't like them?

Ugh.

This is literally a kick in the teeth to the gaming community.

They never said it had to be a positive influence.

 

[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.