Rumor: Apple planning 'premium' games section in iPhone App store

I'm not liking that price point at all. Now, I got the Brothers In Arms Hour of Heroes game for it recently and it was under $10. That game is pretty polished and well liked, and at a much better price.

Cell phone games are not real games. No one can convince me otherwise.

Let the flame war begin.

Here are my games that belong in the premium section ...

Diner Dash
Fieldrunners
Hero Of Sparta
Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders
Crash Cart Racing
Silent Hill
iShoot
Mafia Live!
Sally's Salon
Texas Holdem
PapiJump Plus

What hath Jobs wrought?

Where can I get the burning money app, and will it cost me $20!?

While I love my iPhone, and am happy with most of the games I've played for it, a program would have to be pretty spectacular for me to pay $20.

if they get a game that is comparable to a ds or psp game rather than a game you would play on a flash site like most of the ones that are out now i would gladly pay 20 bucks for it

Nope. I'd never pay that much for an iPhone game. The touchscreen controls are just too wonky for most games, and I hate having my fingers in the way of what I'm looking at. 10 bucks TOPS for a really good game.

This is what I wanted to see... and I really think it makes sense. The iPhone App catalogue is becoming larger and larger and it will be more difficult to tell which apps are real gems and which ones are just crapware.

The price I say depends on the title...

No one cares about your wordpress blog.

Iphones suck

They want to entice premium publishers to develop better games but then refuse to allow GABO for release?

Try again, Apple.

I actually like the little .99c games... but only the truly addictive ones, like super kickups...
We dont need BIG games on iPhone, i've got a console/ds for that... soft buttons dont work!

Hi everyone, I'm a bit late on the chat, it's not like I was going any more relevant than anyone else but here is what I think.

I think it's safe to say that people are slightly narrow minded when it comes to defining these portable device. Being a "fanboy" or a "fangirl" is quite a comftarble status unlike simply being rational about the situation.

First, the iPod Touch and the iPhone are multimedia platform. Often, the music player is acknowledge has it's unique feature. The iPod Touch and iPhone is actually a pretty powerful device (memory, speed & rendering) that can actually browse the web, run diverse types of application and support a large array of media files.

These device are now pushing toward their gaming aspect. The Touch Gen are unconventional for gaming, they are somewhat less technical and more intuitive (this is the same reason some may never like the Wii). Because of their nature, a lot of the game released for Apple devices are crap and of homebrew quality. It was the same for the DS when it came out, but Nintendo had more experience in blocking trash from their platform.

It's safe to say that the Apple Premium Games will push the gaming aspect of the Touch Gen even beyond their MVP app's. They have to. Why? Well this brings me to my second point.

The DS and PSP which are what people call "gaming dedicated devices" actually have a lot of multimedia potential. Sony and Nintendo are slowly but convincingly pushing toward multi-functions devices with new firmware, hardware and services just like Apple. Everyone is adventuring in to everyones territory. Thats how capitalism works :P Apple, Sony and Nintendo actions are not really surprising.

I'll watch how things work out for these guys. Fanslaves, choose your camp; technical=PSP, hybrid=DS, intuitive=iPod. Has for me, I'm pretty much versatile.