The iPhone has some unique capabilities among smartphones that makes it an interesting game platform. These features such as the accelerometer and touchscreen can be utilized in unique ways by developers to create interesting games. Around 1/3rd of the applications at Apple’s application Store are iPhone games, which establishes the popularity of the iPhone as a games platform.
The iGames Summit aims to explore the many possibilities and challenges that lie before the iPhone games industry. It is a half-day conference that is scheduled for March 19th in San Francisco, California. The conference will be attended by notable iPhone game developers, executives and investors. There will be discussions on various aspects of the making, marketing and sales of iPhone games as well as the future prospects of the iPhone games industry at the conference.