controllers for iPhone

Apple unveiled the first two frameworks to support the video game controllers for iPhone and iPad, which will delight gamers and game developers.

According to documents discovered by Touch Arcade portal on the Apple developers, the Cupertino company provides two types of controllers: one host and transform the iPhone into a portable console, and another independent, which, like the Playstation or Xbox, would connect wirelessly to the smartphone. Although the details of this project are missing, it seems clear that Apple aims to standardize the game on iPhone and iPad to improve playability.

controllers for iPhone

 While Microsoft and Sony have introduced increasingly innovative to come on the next generation consoles at E3 in Los Angeles features, it seems that the days of consoles are numbered. Indeed, the future of gaming could play in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

Eg, Juniper Research predicts that by 2017, 64.1 billion of gaming applications will be downloaded on mobile devices per year, against 21 billion in 2012. This growing popularity has a strong impact on the traditional video game market, with portable consoles like the Sony PS Vita fighting for a place alongside the latest smartphones from Samsung or Apple.