So I was staring at the bottom of my iPhone and I realized that it would be possible to put a game in the 30-pin connecter port, like a chip per se, that holds a game like the umd disks for a psp. Then it would be likely to get full blown games on an iPhone that are disposable in a realistic fashion, refundable, and have the ability to resell. It is just an idea but think about it, it could work, no iffy iTunes downloads, no crashing, and being refundable. It is an altogether good thought. And updates would be released as a download through the game, no piracy, and of course we would still have the AppStore and the apps on it.
Oh, god... Problems with this system: 1) Prices would rocket 2) Convenience would be lost 3) You would always have to carry around cartridges 4) Cartridges get lost 5) Take up space in your house 6) How would you charge?! 7) You wouldn't be able to quickly switch between games 8) You could only carry a limited amount of games 9) Ruins portability 10) Takes longer to start each game (it's what the iPhone is famous for) 11) Buying games and apps would be a constant hassle 12) Apple would have to spend money manufacturing these chips 12) i) Creating chips would use resources 12) ii) There are millions of apps!!!! How many chips are you gonna need?! 12) iii) How big would the shops have to be to store all apps?! 12) iv) You would have games running out of stock constantly, always a battle for the game (release night queues, please no) 12) v) A ton of cartridges would be wasted because no one wants them 13) Trying to find the right game would be a pain in a massive store 14) It would be uncomfortable to hold!!! 15) Broken easily! etc, etc, etc... Need I go on? There was a reason that the PSP donned the UMD in the Go.
More power drain. Opens system to flash carts. Good way to stress/break your dock connector. Different iPhone/iPod/iPad models have different shapes. Current system works pretty well, I see no reason why anyone would want this.
No no I'm just talking about bigger games like a full gta so price concerns would be solved there would still be all apps and AppStore just like games over half a gig I k that what u thought I meant sounded bad it does but I just meant full blown games
Cartridges are soooo 1990. But yea, the only good thing I see for this idea is that we will be able to resell. But then again, you can lose or break chips/cartridges, but since all apps are basically digital media, we can just redownload it if we want.
I have a better idea, what about like an external addon thingy kind of like a console controller but but wait for it, shaped like a bone!
How many big-budget games are there on the app store? There will always be a battle between developers to be classed as a big game. And even if you do only include big games, you will still have about half the problems on that list. Sorry dude. But unfortunately this would not work.
No. A huge no. The best thing about the ipod/iphone is that it's download only and you don't have to worry about extra disks etc.