Jonathon Blow revolutionized downloadable games on Xbox Live with Braid in 2008. Now it seems the developer wants to do the same with iOS with his upcoming adventure puzzle game The Witness. The developer recently spoke about why he has chosen to focus on PC and iOS rather than bring the game to consoles.
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
Yep most probably
Definitely infact
It’s just since apple got official dualsense support a while ago, (ios 14.5, it was 2 years ago now) I thought it useful to post here
The beaten quite a few prolific companies the past like universal so it's not unwinable
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Epic Games winning its cases against both Apple and Google is shaping the way forward for the future of mobile gaming.
I feel alot of mobile gamers are kids which will at some point probably turn to console or pc. Mobile gaming just doesn't cut it for me.
tru dat, but i feel like it's gonna be a lot more viable for people who travel a lot or don't want to invest in a full gaming rig. Think of it as a Switch on drugs, with a LOT more room for free illegal downloads.
Nothing from what I've seen of the game thusfar indicates it couldn't be done on consoles, so in my opinion this is sheer laziness on Blow's part. #
Edit: Loving the blind fanboy rage I'm getting for this. I liked Braid, but from what I've heard from people that have talked to the guy Blow is a jerk.
"Jonathon Blow revolutionized downloadable games on Xbox Live with Braid in 2008"
Lol?
Braid was good, but it wasn't some revolution.
meh... consoles need an update... I wont deny that. But not by much. Gaming graphics in general is nearing a point where there is no "better." Where reality is having a hard time living up to the games these days... instead of the other way around.
I've been playing games a long time. I've never been a fan of graphics as a selling point for games, not since I was 12... but one more good leap in console technology would bring them into the realm of "better than real" graphics like the pc. THEN they could sit back and rest and wait for something to happen that necessitates a new console. The 360 isn't at that point... and i don't think the ps3 is ether. But their successors very well could be.
That said... I dont think there is any truth to the idea that this game is hard to port to consoles as a result of hardware limitations. I think its much more likely he doesn't want to deal with the licensing requirements enforced by Sony and MS. Even then its hard to feel sympathy... no one else seems to be having much of a problem getting their games licensed.
im starting to wonder where are these almighty pc graphics over uncharted 2 and killzone 2 and gow3 if this guy can show me that then i can agree with 5 years old talk
Just put it on Steam, and I will consider buying it!