{"id":1310,"date":"2013-01-08T17:29:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T22:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mirthwerx.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2013-01-08T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T22:32:22","slug":"why-the-nvidia-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mirthwerx.com\/index.php\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/why-the-nvidia-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the NVIDIA Shield will push Android based gaming to #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atendees of CES got to see the future of mobile gaming with the announcement of the NVIDIA Shield. \u00a0We believe this shows how and why Android will ultimately win the mobile gaming battle with iOS, nintendo DS, and sony vita.<\/p>\n

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In this article IGN<\/a> gives a fair summary of the Shield’s capabilities and shows gameplay video.<\/p>\n

Some are skeptical, like this extreme tech article<\/a>\u00a0 talks about how the Ouya and the slightly cheaper GameStick will defeat this upstart.<\/p>\n

As a developer, we are very excited by what the NVIDIA shield represents rather than necessarily what it is. \u00a0Why?<\/p>\n

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1. iOS is currently the king of mobile gaming<\/h2>\n

iOS and the apple app store are generally the first store where games are introduced. \u00a0If they do well, they are then ported to android. \u00a0Android users are second in the minds of content producers, like\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0movies which later get translated into\u00a0Arabic.<\/p>\n

2. A touch interface is great for some games, but terrible for most<\/h2>\n

As a long time gamer, if evaluating a new game and I see a “virtual stick” in the interface, I skip it. \u00a0Touch based controls do not provide the kind of tactile feedback necessary for playing platformers, action games, and many other types of games. \u00a0There is a reason the console systems have always had gamepads and not a mouse (or wiimote). \u00a0It most effectively translates the users desires to the game.<\/p>\n

For mobile gaming to expand outside of the casual phone market and really take on Nintendo and Sony it starts with the controls. \u00a0The Shield addresses this head on giving an “xbox style” controller.<\/p>\n

3. As a developer, I want a consistent platform to target my game to<\/h2>\n

I have no interest in building a game for iOS that utilizes a 3rd party bluetooth controller that a player “might” have. \u00a0If I’m going to go through the effort of making a game, I want to be certain everyone can experience the game as i intended it to be played<\/strong>. \u00a0The shield achieves this: I know that every person with a shield will have the identical gaming experience I have in my office when I built the game. \u00a0This makes my time testing and tweaking the game valuable.<\/p>\n

4. And this is why Android will Win<\/h2>\n

Whether the shield succeeds verses the Ouya or the game stick or whatever else is about to come along, is not what is important. \u00a0What is important is what OS we are talking about with these platforms: Android. \u00a0All of the mobile\/console gaming innovation is coming out of Android. \u00a0Will Apple create a gaming device like the shield? \u00a0Never. \u00a0So this means the thinkers, the innovators, the dreamers are all thinking, innovating, and dreaming on Android. \u00a0And this is what will push Android based gaming to being THE platform games will debut on.<\/p>\n

Sorry Apple, you should have listened to Steve Jobs when in 1994 he said in The Lost Interview<\/em> (available on US netflix) “The reason Macintosh succeeded is because there were many industry partners who benefited from its success. \u00a0The reason IBM ultimately beat Apple in PC’s is because so many 3rd parties benefited.”<\/p>\n

Who benefits from iOS dominating the gaming scene? \u00a0Apple.<\/p>\n

Who benefits from Android dominating? \u00a0Google, nvidia, samsung, htc, sony, etc…<\/p>\n

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