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支持游戏超100款,苹果功能Game Center艰难成长

发布时间:2010-11-03 11:56:29 Tags:,,,

当苹果宣布在iPhone推出自己的社交游戏平台Game Center时,iPhone游戏玩家一片欢呼,而OpenFeint等其他平台用户则不免沮丧。

但两个月过去了,一切情况照旧,OpenFeint仍然受到多数开发商的拥护,它和同样面向Android跨平台发展的Scoreloop,以及ngmoco的Plus+都是颇受关注的在线免费模式的手机社交游戏平台。

但Game Center的发展速度却十分十分地缓慢。

Game-Center-logo

Game-Center-logo

据我计算,目前已有100多款以上的游戏采用了Game Center功能(官方列表上显示的游戏共有94款,还有其他更多游戏不知何故并不包含在列)。

主要的几款百万销量游戏,比如说《愤怒鸟》(Angry Birds)、《Flight Control》、《FarmVille》和《水果忍者》(Fruit Ninja)都补充添加了Game Center功能,但同时也没有排除其他解决方案。刚刚增加这一功能的游戏是《涂鸦跳跃》(Doodle Jump)的最新升级版本。

Chillingo、Glu 、Capcom、Zygna、Namco和其他独立游戏发行商也采用了Game Center功能,Gameloft也抱着试试看的心理在《Star Battalion》游戏中植入了这一功能。

但不可否认的是,Game Center仍然不受新游戏的青睐,在玩家中也不十分讨巧。坦率地讲,大部分iOS用户对它根本一无所知。

从个性化角度出发,很少玩家会选择Game Center,而OpenFeint和Plus+平台上的游戏却可以支持玩家在任何时间的互动和沟通。

不过,也可能这就是苹果的一贯行事风格,往往先推出一个原型,然后试着运行,再逐渐根据新一代iOS硬件产品的升级进行改良,希望iOS 4.2版本可以让Game Center的功能更加完善。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译)

Opinion: Unloved Game Center slowly builds momentum with 100+ supported games

When Apple announced its own social network for iPhone, there was plenty of excitement, as well as dismay from the existing players in the sector such as OpenFeint.

Two months on however, and not much appears to have significantly changed.

OpenFeint is still being used by many developers, although it and Scoreloop are now mainly focused on cross platform support for Android and the other emerging platforms. Plus+, ngmoco’s platform, is all about online and freemium.

As for Game Center, it’s slowly, slowly, oh so slowly, picking up pace.

Slow hand clap

According to my calculations, there are now over 100 games using it. (94 in the official list plus a bunch more than for some reason aren’t yet included).

Key million selling games such as Angry Birds, Flight Control, FarmVille and Fruit Ninja have retrospectively integrated the tech – often alongside their existing another solutions. Doodle Jump was the most recent to add Game Center in its current update.

Publishers ranging from Chillingo to Glu, Capcom, Zygna, Namco and some indies are also using it. Even Gameloft has dipped its toe in the water with its Star Battalion game.

Over 1.5 million accounts have been activated too; something that sure to get a bump as iPad support comes with the release of iOS 4.2.

So what?

But Game Center doesn’t seem to be greatly favoured by new titles, or much liked by gamers. Frankly, most iOS users don’t have a clue what it is.

Certainly on a personal level, it’s something used rarely, whereas at least OpenFeint and Plus+ forced you to interact with them every time you played a supported title.

Maybe that’s just the Apple way. Get something basic up and running and then slowly build out with each new iOS firmware release. Let’s hope iOS 4.2 adds something significant.(source:pocketgamer)


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