Forget those Nintendo DSs’, Sony PSPs’ – Make Way for the iPad!
Apple is known for churning out products that make unbreakable benchmarks (iPod, iPhone, iMacs, etc) and this time, they’ve not done anything less. The past week has made the world stand up and applaud for Apple’s latest marvel, the iPad. The first glance will make you think it’s just another E-book reader. But a closer look will make your jaw drop. The iPad is being heralded by top notch analysts and serious developers as the next big gaming platform, kicking aside the gaming on the stay (contrary to the gaming on the go of course). An unexpected, staggering 900 games designed for the iPad were released in less than a week of the amazing device being launched and hitting the shopping shelves.
The unbelievable number of games doesn’t even nearly match the 25,000 iPod touch and iPhone applications available via iTunes. The iPad is backward (iPod and iPhone) compatible and lets all of its applications and games run on its large screen, in native resolution. “The iPad is the fourth step in gaming evolution,” said Gonzague de Vallois, the senior vice president of publishing at one of the most reputed game developers, Gameloft. “The first being the PC, the second being the game console and the third being the smart phones. Each of these platforms revolutionized gaming in its own way.”
Ipad Gaming
With roughly around seven games specifically designed for the iPad available at the launch, ngmoco is going to take the maximum advantage of the large, sensitive multi touch screen, by allowing the players of games such as ‘Godfinger’ and ‘We Rule’ to literally multitask, by sliding the small sized game windows to one side and allowing to concentrate on the larger playing field and then at the same time, read the story progression or even try checking out friends’ castles right in the middle of the game.
Johnny Coghlan, the head of the publishing department at Chillingo, which has well over 13 games for the iPad, claimed that with the iPad’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities, it would allow the iPad to incorporate crystal integration. Games such as Super Shock Football HD and Quantz HD, will permit the players to compete against one another and flaunt their high scores. With its large screen, game makers can implement multiplayer possibilities even more easily. Firemint’s Flight Control HD allows two or more players to co-operatively to successfully land a never ending stream of jet planes. The must see game EXO-Planet is making waves across all gamers, with its immersive and high graphics third person shooter game play.
Apple quite clearly observed the amazing possibilities and advantages of having a larger screen, by seeing the success of gaming from the iPhone and iPod touch series. It’s clearly quite impressive how Apple has finally accepted gaming as one of an important field in its industry. Be sure to get wowed as more and more immersive high definition games come out for the gorgeous iPad and its high glossy screen.
