GameSalad + Apple @ back to mac ?

LAdrianLAdrian Member Posts: 237
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Ok, this is a wild subject to speculate on... but just for fun, what do you guys think? Is all this secrecy because GS is in talks with Apple? Are we gonna find out tomorrow that they became partners?
I think it's the only reason I could excuse their behaviour - knowing how secretive apple is.

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  • ChaserChaser Member Posts: 1,453
    i think this could be the only reason for this quietness and the percentage they are taking from us is apples 30% plus 5% for GS as a dev originator fee. or it could be because they just dont care about their users and are only concerned about their money.
  • guru-at-zidwareguru-at-zidware Member Posts: 369
    Rumor has it that the next rev of iLife will have an app maker. So along with Keynote and Pages will be AppLife or something else that is drag and drop.

    Doubt Apple would partner as they have 500 engineers who can create a dev suite "chop-chop". I have been there and presented IP to their top guys....it's a special place...they are real wizards.

    John
  • ChaserChaser Member Posts: 1,453
    guru-at-zidware said:
    Rumor has it that the next rev of iLife will have an app maker. So along with Keynote and Pages will be AppLife or something else that is drag and drop.

    Doubt Apple would partner as they have 500 engineers who can create a dev suite "chop-chop". I have been there and presented IP to their top guys....it's a special place...they are real wizards.

    John

    drag and drop program from apple would be great as im sure it would have all the api's
  • guru-at-zidwareguru-at-zidware Member Posts: 369
    makes sense for apple....allowing more designers and developers to make apps....Apple makes money on both ends (software + hardware + app sales) problem is what do all the "crappy" apps do to apps sales for other devs....folks who make DS AAA titles are already feeling the pain....as now people are used to a $4.99 game...not a $29.99 DS title.

    I think a paradigm shift is coming to the app market.
  • BSideGamesBSideGames Member Posts: 392
    Here is something I posted a few days ago...

    Has anyone thought that ''they'' at GS know something about a new apple rule to clean up the crAPP in the store.

    My new guess is that apple is moving towards a publisher only type store, and if that is the case we will all be ahead of the game.

    Just a thought
  • LAdrianLAdrian Member Posts: 237
    AsherScott said:
    My new guess is that apple is moving towards a publisher only type store

    Why?
  • BSideGamesBSideGames Member Posts: 392
    I don't know, why does nintendo do it with wiiware or microsoft do it with Xbox live?
  • jonbeebejonbeebe Member Posts: 49
    A publisher-only type of store doesn't make any sense to me. That would be following the path of Nintendo, Sony, and every other gaming platform before the app store. Apple's way is working for them, why would they abandon their working formula and follow the path of systems that are failing today?

    Plus, if apple required everyone to go through a publisher, not only would it severely lower the amount of apps in the app store, it would send all their developers to competing platforms such as Android. And while there are a lot of "crappy" apps out there, there are also a pretty significant chunk of great apps made by individual developers.

    Apple has stated several times that iOS is better for not only for consumers, but for DEVELOPERS. Switching to a publisher-only system would give platforms like Android that "developer-edge" in a world where the developers are ultimately what made the appstore into the huge success it is today.

    As far as Apple partnering with GS and it being revealed tomorrow, I'm almost CERTAIN that's not going to happen. While I don't believe it would happen either way, the only small minute chance of that being announced at an Apple event would be at WWDC (a developer's event)... and from what I understand, tomorrow's event isn't a developer's event, it's to give a preview of the new Mac OS X, probably some new software, and maybe even a new Macbook Air.

    Just my two cents.
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    AsherScott said:
    Here is something I posted a few days ago...

    Has anyone thought that ''they'' at GS know something about a new apple rule to clean up the crAPP in the store.

    My new guess is that apple is moving towards a publisher only type store, and if that is the case we will all be ahead of the game.

    Just a thought

    They already have a "similar" setup for the music store.
    If you want your music on iTunes, as an independent label, you either have to submit via a distributor (like in the old days of getting your records into the shops), or go via a 3rd party affiliate mp3 store...for 1 thing, it's a form of self governing quality control. An affiliate or a distributor won't take on your stuff if it's not up to scratch.

    So it's not out of the realms of possibility that they could employ a similar methodology in regards to the app store.
  • guru-at-zidwareguru-at-zidware Member Posts: 369
    yes...this makes sense as GS has eluded to partnering or linking "top" apps to help each other be more successful. In traditional book publishing they receive 1000's of ideas but only publish a few dozen.

    knowing apple they are going to re-invent this app thing again just as the Android / Blackberry market is trying to copy it.

    John
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    my guess is no...although GS is great and I do like it a lot. The games made with it are not a patch on what can be created with coding. So I would doubt that apple would overly promote limited games creation for their device...I'd imagine they would be more likely to spend a few million and do their own easy app/game creation tool....ilife 11 perhaps?

    but I could be wrong...
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