Re:The Game Console Is Dead. What Will Replace It?
by jiggy2011 on Sunday October 28, 2012 @03:21PM
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I assume you mean using the iPhone itself as a game controller?
The big problem with that is that your eyes are focused on the TV and at the same time you are trying to control it without any tactile feedback.
The beauty of the Xbox controller is that I can feel the position of the stick and buttons with my fingers which makes it easy to make small adjustments. Also things like the trigger buttons allow me to feel how far down I am pressing. Contrast that to a touchscreen where your thumb could easily slide off the area that is emulating the stick without you even realising.
Regards compatibility between iPhones, that's simple enough for games like angry birds but when you get to more demanding "console like" games you get to the point where last years hardware doesn't cut it. For example "Real racing 3" was the game demo'd with the iPhone5, I'm guessing it won't run too well (if at all) on an iPhone 3GS.
The iPhone3GS was released in 2009, the Xbox360 was released in 2005 and still runs new games.
The big problem with that is that your eyes are focused on the TV and at the same time you are trying to control it without any tactile feedback.
The beauty of the Xbox controller is that I can feel the position of the stick and buttons with my fingers which makes it easy to make small adjustments. Also things like the trigger buttons allow me to feel how far down I am pressing. Contrast that to a touchscreen where your thumb could easily slide off the area that is emulating the stick without you even realising.
Regards compatibility between iPhones, that's simple enough for games like angry birds but when you get to more demanding "console like" games you get to the point where last years hardware doesn't cut it. For example "Real racing 3" was the game demo'd with the iPhone5, I'm guessing it won't run too well (if at all) on an iPhone 3GS.
The iPhone3GS was released in 2009, the Xbox360 was released in 2005 and still runs new games.