[casual_games] Casual_Games Digest, Vol 21, Issue 9

[Juan Gril]

Sorry Alex, thanks for the clarification. Although I have to say I disagree.
There is a company in Japan called "DoCoMo", and they have a completely open
system, even with billing integration and revenue sharing, and last time I
checked it seems that it's doing pretty well...

Oh and Andreas, sorry to be me the one revealing this to you, but that's
Apple response for "no, we are not interested".

Cheers,

Juan


On 1/11/07, Andreas Schneider - GAMGO <gamgo at gmx.de> wrote:

>

>

> when the iPod video was launched I ask Apple if it is possible to develop

> for iPod. I got a nice answer that it is only possible to special partners

> at the moment - but that they put us on hold for further reviewing our

> games.

> Andreas

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> *Von:* casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]

> *Im Auftrag von *Juan Gril

> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 11. Januar 2007 20:24

> *An:* IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List

> *Betreff:* Re: [casual_games] Casual_Games Digest, Vol 21, Issue 9

>

> And somehow you guys (Alex and Lennard) believe that you'll have a chance

> developing for it? Or are you just accepting the fact that Apple should just

> work for EA and 10 other companies in the world and 95% of the subscribers

> of this list should just do something else?

>

>

> On 1/11/07, Alex Amsel <tuna at tunatech.com> wrote:

> >

> > Simple answer. It is affected. And it isn't just about crappy

> > applications, it's about buggy applications, viruses, etc.

> >

> > Console platform holders, god love'em, know exactly what they're doing

> > by restricting releases. It's all about "brand".

> >

> >

> > Juan Gril wrote:

> >

> > Gniweko was saying:

> > "No, actually that decision makes sense. Apple wants to be able to

> > control the user experience. After all, that's the main thing that

> > differentiates the iPhone from similar devices. If they open up, you'll

> > get some cool software but also a lot of crap, and Apple is probably

> > worried that the crappy stuff would reflect badly on the iPhone."

> >

> > That's interesting. Why do you think the PC market (both in Windows and

> > MacOSX desktop) doesn't seem to be affected by that? Last time I checked,

> > there is a lot of crap released for both operating systems.

> >

> > Cheers,

> >

> > Juan

> >

> >

> > On 1/11/07, Gniewko Lubecki <gniewko at fertilemind.net > wrote:

> > >

> > > > > Learning that the iPhone is not open is very disappointing.

> > > >

> > > > I find it a very strange decision from Apple if this is true.

> > >

> > > No, actually that decision makes sense. Apple wants to be able to

> > > control the user experience. After all, that's the main thing that

> > > differentiates the iPhone from similar devices. If they open up,

> > > you'll

> > > get some cool software but also a lot of crap, and Apple is probably

> > > worried that the crappy stuff would reflect badly on the iPhone.

> > > That's

> > > what happened in the early, open days of console gaming - a glut of

> > > low-quality games turned people off the whole idea of video games for

> > > a

> > > while.

> > >

> > > It seems that their best strategy would be to keep the iPhone closed,

> > > but make it fairly easy to get approved to develop software for it.

> > >

> > > Gniewko

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