Comments on: The Game Industry in Vancouver http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/archives/799 Ooooh, shiny! Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/archives/799/comment-page-1#comment-89596 Alex Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:53:18 +0000 http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/?p=799#comment-89596 The new iPhone 3.0 SDK seems like a vast "expansion pack" to 2.0. Lots more APIs allowing for vastly more app possibilities. So I wouldn't say it's saturated (now). I was pretty amazed watching that presentation (not done watching yet). A lot of things they have introduced that I didn't even think developers would need, but after hearing that what were "missing", I agree. I don't know which route is better for a game developer: WiiWare or iPhone. Personally I don't do much gaming on the iPhone. Most of my apps are practical apps. But then again, I hardly play WiiWare games either. The new iPhone 3.0 SDK seems like a vast “expansion pack” to 2.0. Lots more APIs allowing for vastly more app possibilities. So I wouldn’t say it’s saturated (now). I was pretty amazed watching that presentation (not done watching yet). A lot of things they have introduced that I didn’t even think developers would need, but after hearing that what were “missing”, I agree.

I don’t know which route is better for a game developer: WiiWare or iPhone. Personally I don’t do much gaming on the iPhone. Most of my apps are practical apps. But then again, I hardly play WiiWare games either.

]]> By: Steve http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/archives/799/comment-page-1#comment-88521 Steve Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:12:23 +0000 http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/?p=799#comment-88521 I have read the "EA cut testers" article... but yes, you're correct, it is misleading. It's hypothetical (though very likely) rather than concrete. When collecting links for the article, I guess I lost that insight. It was the link referenced in a <a href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=70247" rel="nofollow">GoNintendo article of a similar name</a>.... Propagating bad reporting on my part, sorry. Common-sense lesson learned (again): never bypass your original source. I will add another more relevant link. Ideally, I would want to work on a WiiWare game, full time. And I don't have any money, so I need to make some money to get by. Can't buy a dev kit because I'm not a licensed developer. Can't become a licensed developer because I have no experience. I'm sure the people you know are able to do both. Of course, I could work on a game in my spare time, while making money elsewhere.... but that's tough! :P I might want to do other things with my spare time.... like snowboarding! I really need to do more snowboarding, this year. I don't know much about the apps on iPhone and facebook, but I would tend to agree. I believe the "farting" and "hugging" application market has been saturated. (Sad as that is.) WiiWare still has huge gaps and potential for many types of games. :) I have read the “EA cut testers” article… but yes, you’re correct, it is misleading. It’s hypothetical (though very likely) rather than concrete. When collecting links for the article, I guess I lost that insight. It was the link referenced in a GoNintendo article of a similar name…. Propagating bad reporting on my part, sorry. Common-sense lesson learned (again): never bypass your original source. I will add another more relevant link.

Ideally, I would want to work on a WiiWare game, full time. And I don’t have any money, so I need to make some money to get by. Can’t buy a dev kit because I’m not a licensed developer. Can’t become a licensed developer because I have no experience. I’m sure the people you know are able to do both. Of course, I could work on a game in my spare time, while making money elsewhere…. but that’s tough! :P I might want to do other things with my spare time…. like snowboarding! I really need to do more snowboarding, this year.

I don’t know much about the apps on iPhone and facebook, but I would tend to agree. I believe the “farting” and “hugging” application market has been saturated. (Sad as that is.) WiiWare still has huge gaps and potential for many types of games. :)

]]> By: Shirley http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/archives/799/comment-page-1#comment-88511 Shirley Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:55:43 +0000 http://www.stevenbrown.ca/blog/?p=799#comment-88511 1100 (not 1000) was the worldwide number, BB was only ~15% of that. If you have read the "EA cut testers" article, it actually never says EA cut testers... I am sure some were let go (so were other departments), but that title is just misleading. Why do you need investors to start making a WiiWare game? You only need that if you are paying a team of people full-time. I know people who just do it on their own. I would say it's already too late to go for the iPhone/facebook app route... 1100 (not 1000) was the worldwide number, BB was only ~15% of that.

If you have read the “EA cut testers” article, it actually never says EA cut testers… I am sure some were let go (so were other departments), but that title is just misleading.

Why do you need investors to start making a WiiWare game? You only need that if you are paying a team of people full-time. I know people who just do it on their own.

I would say it’s already too late to go for the iPhone/facebook app route…

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