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Apple Confirms Game Center Compatibility: Yes on 2nd-Generation iPod Touch, No on iPhone 3G

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Apple has confirmed on its Game Center overview page that the social gaming network will be available for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and second-, third-, and fourth-generation iPod touch models when the feature debuts in iOS 4.1 later this week. The iPhone 3G, original iPhone, and original iPod touch are not supported, although of those only the iPhone 3G supports iOS 4 in any form.

Apple had initially deployed Game Center on all iOS 4-compatible iPhone and iPod touch models in its iOS 4.1 betas, but removed support for the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch in a revision issued early last month. It appears that, after further review, Apple has decided to restore the functionality to the second-generation iPod touch but not the iPhone 3G, which has seen a number of performance complaints under iOS 4 with improvements in that regard reportedly coming in iOS 4.1.


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Game Center, first announced at Apple's iOS 4 media event in April of this year, offers developers a number of tools to enhance the user experience with social gaming features such as leaderboards, friend invites, challenges, and matchmaking. It aims to bring together a fragmented array of such networks by offering a single Apple-sponsored way to foster interactivity within and across games.

Article Link: Apple Confirms Game Center Compatibility: Yes on 2nd-Generation iPod Touch, No on iPhone 3G
 
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You shouldn't have a 3g anywhere near you. Latest and greatest.

"Nah, that's a waste of money".

Have fun with running 4.x on your 3g.

Again, latest and greatest.

(I'm not serious when I post crap like this, but I still love to do it. lol)
 
WiiDSmoker said:
Doesn't 2nd gen and iPhone 3G has essentially the same hardware?
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Yes true but the iPhone 3G has a lower clock speed I believe.

2nd generation:
ARM11 620 MHz (underclocked to 533 MHz),with internal ARM7 core for Jazelle acceleration

Samsung 32-bit RISC ARM 1176JZ(F)-S v1.0 620 MHz
Underclocked to 412 MHz

Might have something to do with it...or AT&T :)
 
Is this because it uses significant RAM above and beyond what each game needs? You’d think these basic functions COULD have been done in a way that doesn’t need a lot of RAM, or CPU speed, or whatever. These shouldn’t have to be high-performance features.

Well, I don’t care a lot about these gaming networks (the whole concept never clicked for me) but I suppose this will keep OpenFeint around!

But this is a problem for developers, not just users. I have an iPhone game I’m building in my spare time, and as a developer, supporting Game Center is not that appealing if it will limit my market size! Maybe I could build in an alternative (OpenFeint) just for certain users, but that sounds like a pain, and not a great solution for users either.

I wish Apple would release a basic version of Game Center that may lack some features or eye candy, but runs at least on all iOS 4 devices. The iPhone 3G (as the bottom model) only stopped selling a couple of months ago! I don’t think developers can ignore the 3G without facing lost sales.

Luckily I don’t much care whether GC succeeds or fails! I’ll do whatever seems best for my game sales. Maybe I’ll use it, maybe I won’t. As a user, I like to have at least a local high score list, but I don’t much care about the other community stuff. (Like I’m really going to make any headway on a worldwide leaderboard!)

Now, a standard matchmaking system for getting multiplayer gamers together IS badly needed, and lacking in OpenFeint, so I do have some hopes for that. (I’m glad my game is single-player so I don’t have to deal with any of that yet.)
 
tempusfugit said:
constantly player hating my older hardware, apple.
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Your hardware is the same as the original 2007 iPhone which is 3 years old and counting.

People complain of the **** performance on iOS 4 with a 3G yet my 3GS is faster than it was on iOS 3.

Your hardware is old. Suck it up or upgrade, because I'd rather Apple concentrated on making the experience better for the people who have the faster and more capable technology.
 
Well the real reason is lack of OpenGL ES 2.0 support in the iPhone 3G. Now they can have a class of devices with high-end 3D graphics. ;)
 
It's too bad Apple doesn't have a position in the console market, as MS will be pinning its WinPho7 hopes on Xbox integration and Sony will likely counter with something on the Android side (Sony-branded I bet).
 
Game Center

Game Center has the opportunity to become bigger and better than PSN and Xbox Live. I would imagine it be easy to use, for all ages! If this can be expanded to an Apple TV type machine, Apple will become the biggest seller of video games on any platform. Hope so! :apple:
 
Is it useless to create your Gamecenter account again (i just did), or will Apple delete them again?

Second question: Can a Nickname only be taken once (through all Gamecenter users)?
 
I would guess (beside the CPU speed difference) that not having to constantly run all the phone stuff in the background on the 2nd gen touch, it has a little bit of extra RAM over the iPhone 3G giving it that bit more to run game center in the background.

Anyone think this is also possible?
 
As a developer, I am very happy about this.

The 3G phone is now well over 2 years old and is very slow compared to the other iPhone and iPod devices out there. I know people have been holding on to their 3G phones for financial and/or dont-want-a-contract reasons, but honestly if you are still using a 3G, you don't know what you are missing.

Even developers now can't support a number of features on a 3G, like multitasking, Game Center, and camera focus and flash, just to name a few.

If you are into apps, please upgrade your phones to an iPhone 4. It's well worth it.

Ethan
 
LouieSamman said:
If you have an iPhone 3G. Just upgrade already.
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I went from a 3G to 4, and I can't second that more strongly. The two devices are not even in the same stratosphere. A 4 is so much better, usable, functional than a 3G that it is well worth the cost to upgrade. The improvement I experienced with the upgrade was amazing.
 
I'm sorry...

LouieSamman said:
If you have an iPhone 3G. Just upgrade already.
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Did I miss the part where I can walk into a store and buy an Iphone4?

I'll upgrade when I can.

And no I am not pre-ordering. If they can't provide, then I am keeping my phone, and they can simply stop ********* with it.
 
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