EA developing Apple tablet games - WSJ

sounds just like a touch screen computer like they have, just portable. Sounds worthless to me....

Ipod touch?

@IvanKavinski The market they're targeting is the same market Apple always targets, trendy suckers.Apparently it's pretty huge.

@LadyAnneS Okay, so I like Doom. I listed Doom, I get it. 17 years old. That doesn't make it a bad game, and it's a superior port. You don't have to pick apart everything I say just for the sake of argument. Also, I was not reaching. There are many more great games on the iphone, Doom is just one of my favorites. Would it be less of a reach to say wolfenstein rpg or Doom Resurrection? Because those are great too and both on sale for 99 cents, perfect for casual gamers like me. Now take a look at the independent game market, and all the fun artistic games that you never gave a chance. The app store gives fun and innovative little games a chance to exist, open your mind or close your mouth.

Agreed. To be successful at the rumored $800 to $1000 price point, the Apple tablet needs to do more than simply run iPhone OS apps, it needs to be a computer capable of running Mac OS X programs.

I'm still confused as to exactly which market tablet PCs are targeting... I mean, you can get a better laptop for cheaper, and iPhone or DS or PSP for cheaper, or even a good desktop computer for cheaper... I mean, why get a mini laptop that is just as much trouble to carry around as a full sized one that doesn't even play CD's?

@jeffv541 Compare 2.5D vs true 3D--more degrees of freedom. As for NOVA, that's beside the point: you listed DOOM, a 17 year old computer game which has been ported to every known platform. So you were just reaching with that one. (It probably would have been better if you mentioned NOVA in your original post instead.)

@LadyAnneS There might be later, but there isn't better. The iphone Doom is a flawless port of pure nostalgic glory redesigned by Carmack himself. And if your only into new games, do your homework and find that iphone also has N.O.V.A. which outshines ANY FPS on the PSP or DS. Look it up.

Way to hype up a non-news news story that was merely glorifying a press release. EA has a rather sizable presence at the iTunes store so it's not like this should be surprising or important to anyone. I'll admit the touchscreen controls are more fun than their console versions sometimes, but ports of their and any big-publisher games for iAnything have yet to prove to be more than a novelty in gaming at best. Honestly? Reeks of a cash sink for EA. Low-spec and simplified versions of things are considered justified for "mobile" applications, but move to a tablet you've actually got to put production quality into it and have something that would look normal as any PC/mac application. You can't justify a performance and graphics under a $4.99 tag on anything even close to a typical display size. Even if they can make decent things to play, it will just be ports of a broader mac port of all their normal annual releases. Larger-size Madden on touchscreen kinda sounds fun, but for that I'd expect and be willing to pay normal software prices.

@jeffv541 Wait...did you just list Doom?--the 17 year old PC game?! Hate to break it to you, but there are newer and better FPSes on both the DS and PSP.

So with this "tablet" can you draw on it like the Nintendo DS? And I also herd that this is like a netbook??

I still want a iMac as everyone is telling me how great they're and that my PC is nothing compared to it. But $*%& apple prices there items way too high.

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The more popular their products get, the less cool they will become (which is pretty much their only selling-point).

OMG OMG OMG it's coming next week! I can't wait to see what will be Steves next "one more thing"!

with that price you can buy a ps3 or xbox360 + 32" HD LCD TV + few games................. Stupid pricing but the problem that may be there is enough stupid people out there to buy this product....!!!!!

Most iPhone games are roughly on a par with the free Flash games that are available all over the Internet. It's not difficult to see why Apple has never approved Flash runtimes for the iPhone and iPod Touch ... If they did, their "App Store" would probably be dead in a matter of weeks!

the DSi DSiWare and and the PSP has the Minis and iPhone has the appstore. WTF!!!

EA jumps for any platform ever made and even some that haven't been announced apparently but they couldn't come and save the Dreamcast. Let me cry in a corner.

I remember some big companies like EA and Ubisoft supporting a little device (that was actually built for gaming) called the NGage and NGage QD. Worked out real well there didn't it? I'm sure having EA's support will make this over price smart phone a must have and an instant win.

lol apple trying to boast superiority again. the games on the ds and psp offer way more depth of gameplay that has yet to be matched by any iphone game. There are many things that just need good old physical buttons. and 800 to 1000 bucks? why not get a decent gaming desktop or a psp and a bunch of games.

Best marketing strategy ever: ""

Whats the use of a tablets these days when you have smartphones.

iphone apps are fun but cant beat the ds or psp. There very good for the price usually.

@alexkn64 Actually no, those games are available for MacOS. And even with dual-booting Macs look, work, and feel better than average PC laptop. But yeah, buying Mac to dual-boot does feel like a waste of money.

The charm and creativity of many iphone titles have yet to be matched on the DS, much less the PSP. It's a different audience, and the games feel like no other platform. Before opening your mouth give iphone games a try, they are just a better value. (Zenonia, Doom, Hook Champ, all less than 3$)

@kingsi7e That's a funny way to say you dual-boot with Windows 7, thus making your purchase of an apple computer utterly worthless since you're required to run a separate OS to do anything worthwhile.

And why are they saying that ds and psp games are "too expensive" and "not as fun" and all that? NOBODY HAS TIME FOR YOUR LIES!!! And last time I checked, 99% of the titles EA is putting out is at a full $10, which is half the price of a DS game and not even the fraction of the replay value. Philip Schiller, you will pay for those words!

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Apple, anyone about to shell out $800 dollars on a mega-tablet PC probably aren't out to buy EA's waste products for their little 6-year olds to get their grubby little fingerprints all over it, so just give it a rest.

@alexkn64 Yah, that's why i play EVE online, Crysis, GTA Chinatown Wars, Need for Speed on Apple devices. And you should probably try to play iPhone games like NOVA, Chinatown Wars and many other before you make an abrupt (and, frankly, incorrect) judgment about which games are games... @VXLbeast iPhone does not compare to PSP, true, but you are comparing a cellphone vs. a playstation.

Sure, you can spend $40 on a small collection of iPhone games, and have a pretty good time, for about two and a half hours, but you just end up with a migraine and a wasted afternoon. Please EA, quit shoveling out this mobile phone junk, and put out a real game for once! Haven't seen that for nine years.

You can't play games on anything apple makes. Those "things" you find on iPhones and other smartphones are not games.

Anyone who owns a DS knows that a simple Iphone game cannot compare. Saying the Iphone is a better game system than the DS, or PSP for the matter, is ridiculous, and a statement I am sure no one but Apple stock holders buy.

800 to a 1000? thats just way too much you could get a mac laptop for that kind of money which runs a real OS you probably get less battery life but you can do all the same things and more im guessing. although i doubt the games on it will be very expensive coz they have to be download only. also(i know im dragging along) why do gamespot feel the need to remind us that they are owned by CBS every time the name comes up in an article anyway peace out

These tablet PC's sound awsome. :D I'll probably wait until I know what kind others are offering and buy the one that has a good price/feature ratio. As far as the apple tablet goes I'm sure the price will get slashed very quickly just like the iphone did. That thing better be busting at the seems with features though.

Why can't the tablet just be a slim computer running their latest OS? (OSX Snow Leopard, 10.6) Wouldn't need it to be 'game enabled' at that point, since it would be able to run anything the OS is capable of within the given hardware. -.-

Looks awesome. Can't wait to preorder it

All the apple geeks will buy it regardless of the price.

@gnbfd of course they'll say that. They can't say they're better (Even though they are), because then people will buy them instead. I'd take DSiware over iPod games any day.

Oh no, not more competition.

"As noted by Apple's SVP of worldwide product marketing Philip W. Schiller, DS and PSP games are "too expensive" and "not a lot of fun" compared to iPhone games." umm...what?

"Apple's SVP of worldwide product marketing Philip W. Schiller, DS and PSP games are "too expensive" and "not a lot of fun" compared to iPhone games." Yeah well my DS didn't cost me 500 dollars. And right, the games on the DS are TERRIBLE! Who likes junk like Zelda, Advance Wars, Mario Kart, etc? /sarcasm.

Games on this expensive piece of ****? Read a ****ing book

Everyone was being negative about games on the iPhone, and now look how much developers are making off of them. It's guaranteed to make them a profit (look at GTA: Chinatown Wars on the iPhone as opposed to its PSP and DS counterparts), and if the Apple Tablet can spearhead its target industry like the iPhone did with smartphones, it's going to sell.

Good luck EA, I will always short your stocks.

I Mean C.R.A.P.P.L.E

stepping in deep water here. I cant see this working out.

S.N.A.P.P.L.E. is a big JOKE but the enthusiasts swear by them.......

1700$ tablet + 70$ games .... and the sad part, im sure those hypnotized by the Mac religion will undoubtedly buy it all.