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Gaming is definitely a "killer app" of any platform. Heck, there are devices out there with platforms that only do that, and they are very successful. I'm talki
by devx 13y ago
Gaming is definitely a "killer app" of any platform. Heck, there are devices out there with platforms that only do that, and they are very successful. I'm talking about consoles, obviously.
Microsoft realized this a long time ago, and so did Apple (starting with iOS only). It took Google even more years after that to finally put 2 and 2 together, and realize that the reason why so many still choose iOS over Android is because of gaming.
Same goes for Facebook with Farmville, and so on. So yeah, if you want a very successful platform/OS, definitely focus on gaming as much as you can. It's what brings the "mainstream" in.
- masklinn 13y ago> Microsoft realized this a long time ago, and so did Apple (starting with iOS only) This is a common misconception nowadays, but if you look at the early keynotes Jobs was more dismayed than thrilled by his baby being coopted by games. He resigned himself more than realized it. It just happens that — on iOS anyway — gaming concerns and Apple concerns align in that both want a good equilibrium between CPU and GPU rather than a CPU-focused device.
- ajuc 13y agoUnix was supposedly created to make it easier to develop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Travel_(video_game) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Travel_(video_game)
- FedRegister 13y agoApple realized that gaming devices could be a killer app. That's why they licensed the Pippin[1] to Bandai[2]. The fact that it didn't go anywhere was mainly due to them not understanding the market. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Pippin [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Bandai_Pippin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Bandai_Pippin