Apple Copies Xbox Live/PSN for iPhone OS 4.0

[JMcEntegart]

Multiasking may have been the biggest announcement Apple made about iPhone 4.0 but the company also detailed something else called GameCenter. GameCenter is a social gaming platform for the iPhone that's a little similar to Xbox Live and PSN.

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[Camikazi]

Don't you mean Apple is revolutionizing online gaming by creating a social gaming network? 😛 Everyone knows Apples copies noone and creates all.

/sarcasm

 

[pcxt21]

lol, I doubt that Apple will ever be a big player in video game hardware. Apple/Bandai Pippin anyone?

 

[dan117]

/care

I wish Android had more games...
Developers need to realise that Android will beat the iPhone (more features, lower price, not made by Apple etc.) and make more apps and games for it.

 

[restatement3dofted]

[citation][nom]pcxt21[/nom]lol, I doubt that Apple will ever be a big player in video game hardware. Apple/Bandai Pippin anyone?[/citation]

I hate to break it to you, but with the iPhone, they already ARE. They might not be trying to break into the console market, but the iPhone is steadily taking hold as a platform for portable gaming.

 

[Abrahm]

Even though they really are just stealing this from Microsoft, it is a good idea to implement on their phone platform.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]pcxt21[/nom]lol, I doubt that Apple will ever be a big player in video game hardware. Apple/Bandai Pippin anyone?[/citation]Yea well, once upon a time everyone thought Apple was a lost cause. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

 

[dan117]

Also, they should make something similar for Macs.


http://comixed.com/2010/03/06/4-koma-comic-strip-oh-you-know/

 

[wifiwolf]

I'm seriously doubtful anything copied by Apple will not become a popular product.

 

[nforce4max]

Bad apples

 

[tayb]

Microsoft and Sony invented leaderboards and inviting friends? Wasn't aware of that...

 

[Teen Geek]

IP Theft!!

 

[vant]

Yup, they totally invented social game networks. Seriously? Have you not played an online game 10 years ago?

More factual articles please.

 

[babybeluga]

I bet they'll charge $10/month for this crap.

 

[reddragon72]

So they ripped off MS and Sony... Aren't they suing HTC for "ripping off" there tech? Talk about a hypocritical company!!!! That and Jobs's dumb arse put his foot in his mouth saying that the Android phone has a Pornstore you can download?!?!?! All the Android sites are crying foul and we are now wondering when Google will sue them for false information, and company/platform deification.

Steve even said that only his team has gotten cut and paste correct and only his team has done multitasking correctly. He sure did throw axes all every company today. I cannot wait to see how this pans out!

 

[doc70]

"...is going to be scarily popular."

you don't know scary.... you have not seen scary.

 

[Kelavarus]

[citation][nom]vant[/nom]Yup, they totally invented social game networks. Seriously? Have you not played an online game 10 years ago? More factual articles please.[/citation]

No one said they invented it. They do however happen to be the most popular and longstanding of such a service, especially when not compared to PCs, making it a fair comparison.

More intelligent comments please.

 

[cyprod]

Smochina, you should lay off the apple koolaid. I happen to work quite often with developers of iphone apps as well as android apps. I hear a lot of envy from the iphone devs about the hoops the android devs don't have to deal with. I haven't heard any envy from the android devs about the iphone platform. I have heard some things from the android devs that they are glad they don't have to deal with though *cough*objective C*cough* ... *cough cough*renewal and expiration of apple certificates to be in the app store*cough cough* ... *cough cough cough*trying to figure out what they did wrong to have their app denied and how to fix it*cough cough cough*

Sorry, don't know whats wrong with me, must be coming down with something.

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]cyprod[/nom]Smochina, you should lay off the apple koolaid. I happen to work quite often with developers of iphone apps as well as android apps. I hear a lot of envy from the iphone devs about the hoops the android devs don't have to deal with. I haven't heard any envy from the android devs about the iphone platform. I have heard some things from the android devs that they are glad they don't have to deal with though *cough*objective C*cough* ... *cough cough*renewal and expiration of apple certificates to be in the app store*cough cough* ... *cough cough cough*trying to figure out what they did wrong to have their app denied and how to fix it*cough cough cough* Sorry, don't know whats wrong with me, must be coming down with something.[/citation]

You've been infected with Applehatism. Nothing to worry about, all logical people have this disease.

 

[Guest]

oh wow they are copying an already existing thing on the iphone -_-.... Open-feint anyone?