So, a while ago, I wrote I thought gaming on the iPhone could be BIG. If only game companies would commit to the platform.
Well, since the launch of the AppStore, we have seen TONS of games, some good, some average and some plain crap, but most of them were "small, casual" games, apart from a couple like Crash and Super Monkey Ball.
But now, probably seeing the impact the AppStore has, and the volume of software it sells, we are beginning to see major players enter the market.
Last week, Namco Bandai released a straight port of their successful console game I love Katamari (OK, the game suffers from huge framerate issues, the motion sensor loses its bearings after a few minutes and when you quit the game during a level, you have to restart from scratch, but still...).
And now, Konami just announced that they will be bringing some of their big titles to the iPhone, namely Dance Dance Revolution, Silent Hill: The Escape, classic Frogger and, best of all, the famous Metal Gear Solid Franchise (pictured below) in the form of Metal Gear Solid Touch
(and yes, this is the "secret" Metal Gear project that everyone thought would be the announcement of the first XBOX360 Metal Gear game... tough luck).
If you read Japanese, you can get all the details on Konami's "Touch" site, if you don't, well, there's a bunch of screenshots... And, yes, Touch KONAMI is an initiative completely dedicated to iPhone/iPod touch games...
