Comments on: What Apple will Not Announce http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/05/28/what-apple-will-not-announce/ Hi, I'm Henning, and I'm an iPhone developer. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:25:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: henning http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/05/28/what-apple-will-not-announce/comment-page-1/#comment-88 henning Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:37:48 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=196#comment-88 No, that's not the case. But it's also not the issue. The iPhone is very much like a games console. Sony doesn't release a new PlayStation every year for several reasons. The one I am harping on is the fact that developers prefer to have one target device. Having many target devices splits a developer's resources, and revenue from each is smaller. Developers don't want to have to make 3 different versions for 3 different devices. That's why most developers will probably NOT target the new 3GS if the 3G will suffice. There's just less money to be made per man-hour of effort. No, that’s not the case. But it’s also not the issue.

The iPhone is very much like a games console. Sony doesn’t release a new PlayStation every year for several reasons. The one I am harping on is the fact that developers prefer to have one target device. Having many target devices splits a developer’s resources, and revenue from each is smaller. Developers don’t want to have to make 3 different versions for 3 different devices. That’s why most developers will probably NOT target the new 3GS if the 3G will suffice. There’s just less money to be made per man-hour of effort.

]]> By: Raymond H http://www.chewyapps.com/2009/05/28/what-apple-will-not-announce/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Raymond H Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.chewyapps.com/?p=196#comment-87 Why should this be any different than Dell offering faster computers when the technology allows it? If Apple can put a faster processor in their iPhone, then all the better. I don't know whether it will be up to the developer, or the iPhone OS to ensure games look the same on both phones or not (I've never written video games before, so I'm not sure exactly how it would work), but internal system processing can be sped up, but the frame rate for games can (and would, or could) remain the same. I don't think that just because a processor is twice the speed, that means the enemy spaceship will whizz by you at twice the speed when you play the same game. Why should this be any different than Dell offering faster computers when the technology allows it? If Apple can put a faster processor in their iPhone, then all the better. I don’t know whether it will be up to the developer, or the iPhone OS to ensure games look the same on both phones or not (I’ve never written video games before, so I’m not sure exactly how it would work), but internal system processing can be sped up, but the frame rate for games can (and would, or could) remain the same. I don’t think that just because a processor is twice the speed, that means the enemy spaceship will whizz by you at twice the speed when you play the same game.

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