On the day of the release of the iPhone OS 3.0, and cusp of the iPhone 3GS release, I have some further input from developers who have been working on it. This time, we have Chris Byatte, Director of Chillingo:
“OS.30 is significant for us in many respects, and compounded with tomorrow’s launch of the 3GS. Its release has been well orchestrated and, more interestingly, is highly anticipated by consumers. What this will hopefully mean is a faster uptake of the upgrade in the UK, and less ‘dumbing down’ for game development to allow for older OS and different handsets – something that has consistently held back the wider mobile gaming market.”
The scope for Chillingo and its game development partners to push the more heavy-duty gaming titles like CS.ONE forward will literally boom overnight when the upgrade hits. I can honestly see iPhone gaining ground at a much more accelerate pace on the established handheld gaming formats: not necessarily eating into their market, but co-existing and offering feature-benefits only possible on an iPhone or iPod Touch. This is a significant milestone for consumers and developers.”
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