Gaming networks on the iPhone →

Brandon Pittman for Pixelsnatch:

If you look at the Xbox/Xbox 360, the thing that sticks out most is its online community. The Xbox Live community has been the biggest part of Microsoft’s success in gaming. […] Sony’s lack of a network has been a constant source of complaint by not only Sony-haters, but also by Sony users who wish they had the same quality of service as their Xbox-owning friends had. And so far, no one has brought community to handhelds. […]

This is where Apple could leverage the iPhone into being the dominant handheld system. Let’s take a look at why this would be dominant, and how it could be accomplished.

So far, iPhone gaming has accomplished getting the ‘regular’ user hooked on to 5 minute affairs with cute games. But given the iPhone 3GS’s improved performance (along with the next gen iPod Touch), a gaming network as Brandon suggests would definitely making gaming a serious thing on the iPhone.