Comments on: Apple Reportedly Looking to Level Up Its Gaming Story http://gigaom.com/2011/04/08/apple-reportedly-looking-to-level-up-its-gaming-story/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leon Green http://gigaom.com/2011/04/08/apple-reportedly-looking-to-level-up-its-gaming-story/#comment-615408 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:51:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327664#comment-615408 If this is true it’s a serious move by Apple to take on the games industry and eat into the market share of the bigger players.

If it’s to work the need to sort one thing out right now: the Game Centre. It really isn’t able to match Microsofts excellent online community set up. Get that right (can you imagine GC working like a mix of XBL and 4Sq for example?), and you’ll create a huge community of iOS gamers all willing to shell out on micro payments for the games they love…

]]> By: MattF http://gigaom.com/2011/04/08/apple-reportedly-looking-to-level-up-its-gaming-story/#comment-615274 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:16:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327664#comment-615274 I think Apple has decided to work gaming into its corporate structure, but this is not enough to really set them apart from the competition. Apple also has to provide significant resources (people, money) to gaming and come up with something special. Not an easy or inevitably successful thing to do (see, e.g., the struggles of Microsoft in this area), but Apple is in a position to make a go of it– and they should.

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