David Braben: App Store quality is high -- as in a 'high pile of rubbish' |
Even if Apple's App Store recently passed the 2 billion downloads mark, not everyone is impressed. David Braben, respected LostWinds and Elite creator, for one, has spoken out about the lack of safety nets in the App Store to ensure quality games, thereby producing "rubbish", as opposed to Nintendo who "raises the bar very slightly."Said Braben in an interview with CVG,
There's a little bit of a 'gatekeeper' thing with Nintendo which raises the bar very slightly because you've got to have dev kits, but that's a good thing. Look at iPhone; there are so many games that aren't up to scratch, without being too negative about it. It's very hard to find the good stuff amongst the rubbish.
Another thing I resent is applications or games that are designed to look like something else that's been successful and people accidentally buy them, or they're slightly cheaper and they assume they're getting a cheaper version or the same thing.
Braben also had a retort for Apple's claim that they have, in fact, more games than the DS and PSP combined. To that, Braben said,
Having a higher pile of rubbish isn't good, it's how many good nuggets there are within it. It's not so much regulation [that's needed], it's discrimination so that it's easier for a user to be able to see what other people thought of something. The rating mechanic is a very good one. I think that helps with iTunes as well.
Braben clearly is a quality over quantity kind of guy.
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Don't you mean quality over quantity?
like I said before...shovelware
The Nintendo wii of Shovelware thats all this system earned.
While i enjoy My ipod touch for Music, Video, picture viewing and net surfing needs. YOU ARE NOT A GAMING PLATFORM! Apple you need to get this though your thick skulls and admit you are NOT what you want you ipods/iphones to be, handheld gaming devices. I have to admit, nintendo is right. out of the Thousands of game apps there are, finding those games are like finding a needle in a hay stack (If not for the "most popular" Filter) Nintendo/Sony has more FUN games in the hundreds of games they have VS the Thousands Apple has. There is a reason why MOSTLY all good games are FREE. cause none would pull a penny of of their ass to play a game thats only playable for 5 minutes or so. I repeat, SOny/nintendo games= hours of fun and depth. Apple games = TIME WASTERS games you mearly play to keep from getting to bored. (but still being pretty bored) Only games i have on my ipod that i can say are GOOD are taptap, mr.Aahh, and pewpew. and if your gonna say, "Oh your only playing free stuff" well i'd say, i don't wanna spend money on Crap.
Also i have to add that, yes. The nintendo wii has quite a pile of rubbish games. maybe like 20/30 worth having games. This isn't about mainstream consoles, apple is calling out HANDHELDS, and failing horribly
That's the only thing Nintendo actually innovated that wasn't stolen from someone else
Stating the obvious....
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