Final Fantasy I and II Are Coming To the iPhone and iPod Touch

jonasvdc tips an announcement by Square Enix that Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II are being developed for the iPhone and the iPod touch. The graphics and UI have been modified to look and run better on the touchscreen devices, but everything from Cecil to the classic Black Mage is clearly recognizable. The announcement did not include any information on a price or release date.

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Re:Gonna have to get an IPhone

[Pojut]

Just took a quick peek at your website. Dude! SO awesome! I don't have time to go in-depth at the moment, but I am definitely going to spend some time on there this evening. Kudos for keeping the late-90's style layout, I tried doing it on my site for a while but it just wasn't working for my requirements.

Re:Exclusive?

[iamhassi]

"So how long till it makes its way to Droid - if ever at all? I don't mind exclusive deals, but it'd be nice if they wore off after a few months."

Exclusive deals? Where in the article did it say they signed an exclusive contract with Apple?

The reason you won't find this on the Droid now or ever is number of devices and number of people paying for software. As of Dec 2009 the iPhone has had 78 million sales, and this number does not include millions of iPod Touch out there. Compare that to 800,000 Droids sold and it's obvious why it's unlikely any company would put any effort into developing software for Droids, it's a 100-to-1 ratio, 1%.

Would you make a program for 1% of the platforms, or 99%?

And that's why Droid has failed. Developers see $$$$ in iPhone and Touch, so they make the software, and the consumers see all the software on the iPhone so they buy iPhones.

It's a repeat of the 90s with Gameboy vs Sega Game Gear.

And let's not forget hardware failures like the Droid only having 256mb for apps. 1999 called, they want their storage size back. iPhone started with a minium of 4gb, and the latest 3GS is only offered in 16 or 32gb varieties, which is needed when games like The Settlers want 300+ mb.

I'm sorry I didn't mean to turn this into a anti-Droid rant, but when you see everyone and their 1 yr old baby with an iPhone and you stubbornly turn around and buy the opposite, don't be surprised when the developers create software for the phone that everyone and their baby bought.