Dr Awesomestein

Spide: The VideoGame, if it's the PS1 platformer I'm thinking of, was actually really enjoyable!

Yeah I dont think anybody gives a toss about XNA games aside from Microsoft and the developers and their families.

I couldn't agree more with SoulBlade, the iPhone is a hot bed of indie development, the agument about it being all crap is ignorant nonsense. Not only are their quality games but iPhone gaming is getting it's own dedicated media coverage.

http://www.AppGamer.net
http://www.SlideToPlay.net
http://www.TouchArcade.com

Yeah but Payback is a bit waff. Car Jack Streets looks significantly better, plus they claim the sequel will have Chinatown Wars levels of quality

The iPhone is also getting it's own GTA like game!

http://appgamer.net/features/2009/mar/26/car-jack-streets-interview/

Touchgrind is also a totally awesome iPhone game. I'm sure he wishes he'd published that one it's been in the UK top 10 for ages.

http://appgamer.net/reviews/2009/mar/16/touchgrind/

That is the DS version, just a mock up image for the purposes of the article.

Resident Evil Degeneration is also on the way for iPhone amongst some other good looking titles...

http://appgamer.net/features/2009/mar/19/top-10-most-anticipated-iphone-games/

There is a lot of chaff on the App Store but there are some fantastic games too.

Check out this list of 10 highly anticipated iPhone games to see some of the potentialy great games coming out for example...

http://appgamer.net/features/2009/mar/19/top-10-most-anticipated-iphone-games/

The App Store has only been kicking around for about 8 months, as is always the case the first batch of games have been relatively weak, but please remember that there is practicaly no barrier to entry thus the world and his dog are able to submit iPhone games of varying quality. Only now are you starting to see a micro industry form around this market with quality iPhone publishers rising to the top (Chillingo, ngmoco etc).

Mark my words, in the coming months you will see some extremely quality product hitting the app store and with big players like EA, Gameloft and Hudson already on the scene it's only going to get bigger. I'm not saying the iPhone will "beat" the DS or PSP, it doesn't have to, it has it's own customers, it's own market place and a digital distribution platform that is reachable anywhere on earth that gets a 3G connection. You don't have to care about iPhone games, but while you're ignoring the app store others will be enjoying some of the most unique and enjoyable games to come out in a very long time (Crayon Physics Deluxe, Sway, Dropship, iDracula and Zen Bound to name a few).