With its big, bright screen, ability to sense touch and motion, and controls that mimic a home video game’s, Sony’s Playstation Vita delivers the sort of gaming that approaches what you might expect to experience in your den. But is that what gamers still want?
While a portable gaming device specifically created to provide MMO players gaming on the go might sound like a spectacular idea, Panasonic’s Jungle might be more trouble than it’s worth.
While the first iPhone games were announced earlier this year, today’s Let’s Rock event from Apple seems to have sharply defined gaming as a major focus for the mobile device. Hell, gaming is now listed as one of the main selling points of the new iPod Touch, but the biggest proof came today during the event, after Jobs had finished showing off Need for Speed Undercover and the new on-screen d-pad from Gameloft.
“Now you can make a pretty good argument that it is the best portable device for playing games on – and a whole new class of games”
You could make that argument, sure. I’d daresay Nintendo, Sony, and sales figures might have something to say about it as well, but feel free to make that argument all you want. Me? I’m still waiting for my Zune to blossom into a powerful gaming machine. *pokes Zune with stick and sighs*
iPod Touch is ‘best portable device for games’ says Jobs [Develop]
