Neil Young, founder of ngmoco, has nothing but good to say about the iPhone and iPod touch – he keynoted the opening of the Game Developers Conference .
“This was rapidly becoming the most important device I had ever owned, it was an all-encompassing, complete device. And I knew that that device was going to enable incredible things for gaming.”
“Don’t let the haters tell you it sucks compared to the DS or the PSP,” he said. “It doesn’t. It’s good. It’s clear that the quality of iPhone games is eclipsing its [portable] console counterparts, and that’s even more acute when you compare it against the prior generation.”
The company has raised $15 million over the last 8 months in two rounds of funding.
Young says the winning points for the device is that it’s always on, always with you and there are no first party games to compete against.
“I know that there is a general malaise over the game industry today, but I can say it’s never been a better time to be an independent game developer,” Young said. “We’re at the center of the new everything, the iPhone has revolutionized everything.”
I don’t think enough people realise this. This is big money with big players. Look at Rolando – devices by a bedroom developer, Handcircus, and licensed by ngmoco. Dreams are being made, folks.