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    id Software’s John Carmack: Apple iPhone a significant threat to Nintendo, Sony
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    He also sees Apple’s popular smartphone as the gaming system with the biggest potential for future growth," Morris reports. "It could, in fact, become the dominant portable gaming system, he says, relegating the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP to second and third place" Morris reports. "'I think mid- to long-term it’s a significant threat,' he says. Full Article at MacDailyNews
    It could, in fact, become the dominant portable gaming system, he says, relegating the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP to second and third place
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id Software’s John Carmack: Apple iPhone a significant threat to Nintendo, Sony
  1. 'I think mid- to long-term it’s a significant threat,' he says. 'I don’t carry a DS or a PSP around, but I’ve got my iPhone everywhere. So if it plays good games, I’m less likely to pick one of the others u ... I think the stars could align and it could start to eclipse those other systems in terms of u...
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 1 month ago
  2. John Carmack, co-creator of the 'Doom' and 'Quake' franchises believes the time is coming when someone will spend $1 million or more to build an iPhone game
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 1 month ago
  3. Carmack says he’s less eager to put together games for phones using Google’s Android operating system
    – Chris Morris SOURCE: MacDailyNews 1 month ago
  4. 'I wouldn’t be shocked if someone has one in development right now, though they probably don’t realize it will run that high yet,' he says. 'If a title could do well at $9.99, you could put [Nintendo] DS level development expenses into it.'
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 1 month ago
  5. While he’s best known for his work on PC games – and, more recently, traditional console systems—Carmack says the iPhone is where he’s having the most fun. He also sees Apple’s popular smartphone as the gaming system with the biggest potential for future growth
    – Chris Morris SOURCE: MacDailyNews 1 month ago

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