Hells yeah it does, why rank him down?? OH YEAH, BECAUSE ALL THE APPLE FANBOYS DECIDED TO GO TO AN ARTICLE WHEN NOBODY ELSE WOULD BE READING IT (hint-everyone left and went to bed) The ipod click wheel sucks in comparison to the Zune's touchpad. The Apple fanboys would beg to differ, but then that's like saying a circular laptop touchpad with the mouse pointer in the middle (while the middle wouldn't be touch-sensitive) is better than a squircle-shaped laptop touchpad with the center button built in and touch sensitive at the same time. So I don't see your logic in this topic, Apple fanboys? I mean, SURE Ipods have games, but are they any good? NO, because of the crap controls (hence the scrollwheel) and the crappy cpu along with the tiny screen. Ipod gaming will be nothing in comparison to the Zune's XNA games, because Apple doesn't know how to do games. Look at Apple's gaming history- The ipod has had years to come out with good games, but has it? NOT REALLY! The Iphone is supposed to be getting games, and form the looks of it, it looks pretty good, but will it be that good?? HELLZ NO, because Apple will always have problems when it comes to the gaming community. Apple's computers have never had many good games, Hell, if you go to Apple.com/games and go to the featured games section, some of those games are from 2002! (maybe some older!) The Iphone may get 2-4 pretty fun and good games, but then after that, it won't even be that great for game developers and they will omve on to something better, just like the Ipods, and the Mac platform only seems to be getting some help form EA, but that's about it.
The Zune on the other hand, has a better chance for great mobile gaming/media as a tight combo for a multi-purposed machine. It has a much better control mechanism (The squircle, which can be TACTILE AND TOUCH SENSITIVE, CAN YOUR LOVELY CLICKWHEEL DO THAT IPOD? Anyways, it has great controls, it has a better CPU than the ipod (it's faster than the 30GB, and the 30GB was like 400mhz, the current ipod is a lot less) and it has a much bigger screen, and you know what else?? It's got WIFI, which many people touted/still tout as useless, but now it can be used for online games! And since these games are community-based, there will be way more than Apple will ever have, they will be more fun than what some developers do (lots of homebrew games are really fun, you don't have to be a developer at some company to come up with a good game) So, here's what the Zune has to offer-
-Large screen -Touch-sensitive controls that don't get the screen dirty/get your fingers in the way of gameplay (the iphone has that problem) -Wifi that can be used for Xbox live on the go (maybe it will be called Zune live?) -Community based games, where even YOU can go and develop a game and then to submit it, it only coasts $100. Talk about low development costs! -In-game music capabilities (wasn't the ipod built originally for music? Looks like it's losing it's roots)
What the ipod has to offer- -Clickwheel for controls (perfect for circular-based games (Hint:good circle based games), which don't really exist! -Smaller screen than Zune, although the Iphone's and Ipod touch's screens are slightly bigger. -Slower processor -Touch screen controls on the Iphone, which is cool and all, but it smudges and gets dirty, so you end up cleaning it all of the time. And your fingers get in the way of gaming sometimes. -Wifi only on the Iphone and Ipod touch, and only the iphone is getting games, not the ipod touch. Apple would never be able to build an online gaming platform like Microsoft's. Look at sony and nintendo, they've been trying for years now, and they are still playing catch-up!
The bottom line-
Microsoft- (Quote from J-Allard)-“We didn’t want people to think ‘Tetris on the iPod,’ we wanted them to think ‘Xbox 360 in my pocket’
So for mobile gaming, which would you have, the whole arcade in your pocket, or an Xbox 30 in your pocket? (Xbox 360 also offers arcade games, so you'd basically be getting BOTH!)
I think I'll go with the Zune on gaming, and the Zune's touchpad is soo much better than the ipod's clickwheel.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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the touchpad of the zune 80 totally rapes the apple click wheel
Hells yeah it does, why rank him down?? OH YEAH, BECAUSE ALL THE APPLE FANBOYS DECIDED TO GO TO AN ARTICLE WHEN NOBODY ELSE WOULD BE READING IT (hint-everyone left and went to bed) The ipod click wheel sucks in comparison to the Zune's touchpad. The Apple fanboys would beg to differ, but then that's like saying a circular laptop touchpad with the mouse pointer in the middle (while the middle wouldn't be touch-sensitive) is better than a squircle-shaped laptop touchpad with the center button built in and touch sensitive at the same time. So I don't see your logic in this topic, Apple fanboys? I mean, SURE Ipods have games, but are they any good? NO, because of the crap controls (hence the scrollwheel) and the crappy cpu along with the tiny screen. Ipod gaming will be nothing in comparison to the Zune's XNA games, because Apple doesn't know how to do games. Look at Apple's gaming history- The ipod has had years to come out with good games, but has it? NOT REALLY! The Iphone is supposed to be getting games, and form the looks of it, it looks pretty good, but will it be that good?? HELLZ NO, because Apple will always have problems when it comes to the gaming community. Apple's computers have never had many good games, Hell, if you go to Apple.com/games and go to the featured games section, some of those games are from 2002! (maybe some older!) The Iphone may get 2-4 pretty fun and good games, but then after that, it won't even be that great for game developers and they will omve on to something better, just like the Ipods, and the Mac platform only seems to be getting some help form EA, but that's about it.
The Zune on the other hand, has a better chance for great mobile gaming/media as a tight combo for a multi-purposed machine. It has a much better control mechanism (The squircle, which can be TACTILE AND TOUCH SENSITIVE, CAN YOUR LOVELY CLICKWHEEL DO THAT IPOD? Anyways, it has great controls, it has a better CPU than the ipod (it's faster than the 30GB, and the 30GB was like 400mhz, the current ipod is a lot less) and it has a much bigger screen, and you know what else?? It's got WIFI, which many people touted/still tout as useless, but now it can be used for online games! And since these games are community-based, there will be way more than Apple will ever have, they will be more fun than what some developers do (lots of homebrew games are really fun, you don't have to be a developer at some company to come up with a good game) So, here's what the Zune has to offer-
-Large screen
-Touch-sensitive controls that don't get the screen dirty/get your fingers in the way of gameplay (the iphone has that problem)
-Wifi that can be used for Xbox live on the go (maybe it will be called Zune live?)
-Community based games, where even YOU can go and develop a game and then to submit it, it only coasts $100. Talk about low development costs!
-In-game music capabilities (wasn't the ipod built originally for music? Looks like it's losing it's roots)
What the ipod has to offer-
-Clickwheel for controls (perfect for circular-based games (Hint:good circle based games), which don't really exist!
-Smaller screen than Zune, although the Iphone's and Ipod touch's screens are slightly bigger.
-Slower processor
-Touch screen controls on the Iphone, which is cool and all, but it smudges and gets dirty, so you end up cleaning it all of the time. And your fingers get in the way of gaming sometimes.
-Wifi only on the Iphone and Ipod touch, and only the iphone is getting games, not the ipod touch. Apple would never be able to build an online gaming platform like Microsoft's. Look at sony and nintendo, they've been trying for years now, and they are still playing catch-up!
The bottom line-
Microsoft- (Quote from J-Allard)-“We didn’t want people to think ‘Tetris on the iPod,’ we wanted them to think ‘Xbox 360 in my pocket’
Apple- (This is straight from Apple's Ipod games page- It’s like carrying a whole arcade in your pocket.
Link-http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/games/
So for mobile gaming, which would you have, the whole arcade in your pocket, or an Xbox 30 in your pocket? (Xbox 360 also offers arcade games, so you'd basically be getting BOTH!)
I think I'll go with the Zune on gaming, and the Zune's touchpad is soo much better than the ipod's clickwheel.
Oh yeah, and here's the link to J Allards quote on "Xbox in your pocket"-
http://www.zuneboards.com/microsoft-news/j-allard-chimes-in-on-xna-on-zune-big-wig-diggs.html