{"id":521296,"date":"2010-04-08T17:28:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"tag:betanews.com,2007:article-1270762124"},"modified":"2010-04-08T17:28:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T21:28:40","slug":"apples-game-center-will-catapult-iphone-into-video-gaming-big-leagues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/521296","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s Game Center will catapult iPhone into video gaming big leagues"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tim Conneally<\/a>, Betanews<\/a><\/p>\n

Today, Apple unveiled a major update to the iPhone OS which is expected to reach iPhone 3G\/3GS and 2nd\/3rd gen iPod users sometime this summer, and iPad users in the fall. While the banner feature of this release is its multitasking capability, the announcement that Apple will open a web-based gaming network akin to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network has potential to be the biggest coup.<\/p>\n

Game Center lets users invite friends to play games, start multiplayer games through matchmaking, track achievements, and compare their high scores on a Web-based game network. This is a huge addition to the iPhone ecosystem which puts it on par with the two major home consoles, and actually catapults it past BOTH Nintendo’s Wii and its DS. <\/p>\n

Currently, Nintendo offers Web-based gameplay on a title-by-title basis for its systems, but it has no unified service with gamer identities, records, or social invitations where users can form a community. <\/p>\n

In a recent interview<\/a>, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime dismissed iPhone OS as a viable gaming ecosystem. Too many users were downloading free games and had only low engagement levels, he argued.<\/p>\n

“If our games represent a range between snacks of entertainment and full meals, depending on the type of game, theirs aren’t even a mouthful, in terms of the gaming experience you get,” Fils-Aime said.<\/p>\n

But the addition of an online gaming service has the potential to turn the “mouthful” of iPhone OS gaming into something much more satisfying.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, information about the upcoming service is still scarce. Apple’s iPhone developer site says it will be available “later this year,” but it does not say whether it will be a subscription service like Xbox Live, nor does it say how users will interact with it.<\/p>\n

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