Apple and Nintendo have come under fire at the Game Developer Conference with EA founder Trip Hawkins slamming the giants for damaging games. He says: “We used to have a free and open game business. And then Nintendo came along and introduced a thing called a licensing agreement … At least Nintendo had the courtesy to tell you upfront that you were going to be screwed.”
Apple meanwhile were accused of taking too much cash for the privilege of getting a game into the iTunes App Store. Hawkins says with apps making around $4000 on average, the amount you make “doesn’t even pay for a really good foosball table.” Is Hawkins right? Or are Apple and Nintendo just doing what the customers want with iPhone games and the Nintendo 3DS?
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