Sincer sa fiu platforma iOS a avut parte de o crestere spectaculoasa in ultimii ani, insa sa nu uitam ca multe dintre jocurile pentru console sunt foarte complexe si dezvoltarea lor dureaza ani de zile fata de perioada necesara dezvoltarii unui joc pentru iOS. Facand o comparatie cu jocurile de tip flash disponibile pe web, s-a observat ca in momentul de fata exista aproximativ 40.000 jocuri flash pe web, deci tot mai putine decat cele din AppStore.
A fairier comparison is perhaps with Flash games, where there is no publisher control at all and many of the “games” are barely more than tiny diversions similar to those the App Store contains in such multitudes. I am greatful to commenter Gareth Halfacree who contacted Newgrounds, probably the largest collection of Flash games in the world, to ask how many games they currently have. They replied that it was “about 40,000” and that this dates back to 1995. Newgrounds probably hosts some substantial amount of all the world’s Flash game content, certainly of all that written since the site became the pre-eminent source for Flash games. The fact that it still only contains a number of games approximiately equivalent to iOS’s total after a few years demonstrates, I believe, the only thing I was trying to say in the first place: that the App Store has seen an unprecendented growth rate in games published.
This post was last modified on nov. 18, 2010, 8:50 AM 08:50