Zero Gear by Nimblebit

Discussion in 'Upcoming iOS Games' started by supermariofan, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. supermariofan

    supermariofan Well-Known Member

    Jan 4, 2010
    141
    0
    0
    TouchArcade Forums
    Any word on this coming to the iPhone? Looks sick!
     
  2. Shumby

    Shumby Well-Known Member

    Aug 13, 2009
    1,085
    2
    0
    what is it? do you have screens?
     
  3. jak56

    jak56 Well-Known Member

    I emailed them a while ago and they said they weren't planning on it.
     
  4. LordGek

    LordGek Well-Known Member
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze

    Feb 19, 2009
    12,277
    127
    63
    Software QA Engineer
    Saratoga, CA, USA
  5. STP_Tim

    STP_Tim Well-Known Member

    Apr 7, 2009
    1,639
    1
    0
    Apparently its topping the Steam charts, so maybe that will compel them to port it to iPhone.
     
  6. Eli

    Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold

    Why bother when they can sell it all day long for $15 on Steam and likely not more than $2.99 on the iPhone?
     
  7. squarezero

    squarezero Moderator
    Staff Member Patreon Silver

    Dec 10, 2008
    13,505
    1,036
    113
    Male
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Salem, Massachusetts, USA
    Well, with the Steam cred they might be able to do $6.99 on the iPhone. But you're right: why put the money and effort when they're raking it in on the PC/Steam market?
     
  8. Eli

    Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold

    I played in their beta a ton, the whole interface and a lot of the controls would have to be redesigned... Not to mention completely reworking all the models and assets to work on the iPhone instead of a reasonably specced gaming PC. It would be a massive undertaking.
     
  9. STP_Tim

    STP_Tim Well-Known Member

    Apr 7, 2009
    1,639
    1
    0
    True, but once think about it this way: its May, and sales have slowed down to almost nothing. They could then bring over their game to the iPhone, get name recognition, and potentially top the App Store charts.

    Its not an illogical business practice.
     
  10. timb

    timb Well-Known Member

    Yea, it's not like every existing NimbleBit game has been featured by Apple or anything. They totally need to bring over *another* kart racer to hit it big.

    It's so easy to port a PC only game to the iPhone, too!

    Moron.
     
  11. supermariofan

    supermariofan Well-Known Member

    Jan 4, 2010
    141
    0
    0
    TouchArcade Forums
    Why is he a moron because he thinks it would be a good business practice to port PC games to the iPhone? He's actually right. I've heard some pretty good things about this game from PC users and the graphics look fantastic. Maybe once their sales have died down, they will bring this to the iPhone. I'm hopeful. :)
     
  12. FilthyCanadian

    FilthyCanadian Well-Known Member

    Feb 27, 2009
    1,502
    1
    0
    Ontario Canada
    So once the sales slow, you're saying they should spend more time and money to make even less selling the game for 2.99?
     
  13. squarezero

    squarezero Moderator
    Staff Member Patreon Silver

    Dec 10, 2008
    13,505
    1,036
    113
    Male
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Salem, Massachusetts, USA
    It's called opening new markets (see, for example, CoD: Zombies). However much it costs to port the game to the iPhone, those costs would be a fraction of the original development budget. I can imagine that there is a price-point that could justify the endeavor -- my guess is that it's more than $2.99.
     
  14. supermariofan

    supermariofan Well-Known Member

    Jan 4, 2010
    141
    0
    0
    TouchArcade Forums
    Yeah, but the iPhone needs some new kart racers. I loved Crash Bandicoot, Krazy Kart, Cro-Mag, Shrek Kart, Cocoto Kart, and Glacier Racer, but I need a new challenge!
     
  15. FilthyCanadian

    FilthyCanadian Well-Known Member

    Feb 27, 2009
    1,502
    1
    0
    Ontario Canada
    The price that would justify the endeavor would be a price that no one seems to be willing to pay.
     
  16. Shumby

    Shumby Well-Known Member

    Aug 13, 2009
    1,085
    2
    0
    regardless Nimblebit said they're not porting it, right? why get in cat-fights over it?

    everybody hug :)







    I SAID HUG!!!! :mad:
     

Share This Page