With the announcement by Microsoft yesterday that Zune would be getting multiplayer gaming it enters a new domain , one in which Apple has long involved with. Apple’s launch of the iPhone and iPod touch increased the expectations of users as to what kind of games can be played. And with the imminent announcement of the iPhone/iPod touch SDK , its guaranteed that apple would soon be selling games developed by game industry leaders such as Gameloft( who are supposedly developing games for apple) .
Obviously apple would continue to sell them through itunes , as it now sells games for ipod classics and the nanos albeit small ones. The huge potential lies in games for the touch based pmp’s which have be sold like hotcakes. But not everyone has as big a platform as apple. For Microsoft to sell games it would mean more exposure for its Zune Marketplace , which so far has unfortunately failed to live upto expectations. But with the games comming from companies such as XNA Game Studio , it wont be long before microsoft gets its act right.With the Industry leaders clearly leading the way with their PMP’s , soon other would follow .. so the next time u want to game , u wont need a computer just turn on ur iPod!!
