Steve Jobs Most Influential in Gaming? Utter Bull!

Despite being dead and all Steve Jobs seems to be ticking off a lot of people. Well, it looks like he has managed to anger gamers by being named the most influential man in gaming history. Calling BS on this one.

Apparently a bunch of suits participated in a survey where they listed off people who had the biggest influence on the video game industry. Out of the top five names, only two of them (Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto and Valve's Gabe Newell) actually work in the video game industry. The rest of the top five include Steve Jobs, World Wide

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. This is by far the most BS list out of all lists of anything out there. It lacks names of people who actually make the games real gamers play. Real gamers don't buy iPhones to play Texas Hold'em. Real Gamers don't log on to Facebook to milk their cows on Farmville. Gamers don't go on the web to play a stupid Nyan Cat game.

To add insult to injury, the Apple iPhone is number one on the list of most influential gaming products. Angry Birds is a great game and all but seriously?! The iPhone at number one?! Why doesn't this list have the Nintendo Entertainment System on there? It was the system that, you know, saved the video game industry from frigging death!

Steve Jobs had done a lot when it came to computers and bringing them into millions of homes. But that survey over rates his influence on the gaming world. The people who actually dedicated their lives to making good games should be honored properly.

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Steven Cetta Nov 5, 2011, 2:24pm UTC

Well, even though I am a big Apple fan, I have to agree with this one. I am not a gamer either, but Apple did not invent that medium. But I will say this, Apple did open more doors for game developers to expand their horizons. But you're right, where are the names of the people that were most influential in the whole video game world.

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Jerome Williams Nov 5, 2011, 2:39pm UTC

Just because people don't work in the gaming industry, does not mean they can not have a big impact on it. Really please tell me what other platform you have seen mobile games kick off as great as the App Store?

Gaming is moving into different directions, and I am sorry you can not accept that. "Real Gamers" need to grow up and accept there are other kind of people out there who play games. Just because someone may or may not be as much of a hardcore gamer as someone else does not mean they are not a gamer.

There are great games on the iPhone, just because you don't have buttons doesn't mean they can not be fun. Madden, Call of Duty Zombies, Fifa Soccer, Devil May Cry 4.

Really what did you expect to be number 1 on that list? Sony's PSP? A failed handheld? Or wait maybe the Nintendo 3DS a system that launched too soon for it's own good with no games and a drastic price drop within what? 4 months? Not to mention Nintendo's already out ¥591 billion Yen.

Lance Eustache Nov 5, 2011, 8:40pm UTC

Well the first Game Boy would have made a great number 1 when it comes to devices. It jump-started portable gaming. I could name a few more.

Steven Cetta Nov 5, 2011, 8:45pm UTC

I understand Jerome, but the article was not about an innovative platform. I took it to mean the gaming industry period. Obviously Steve Jobs did not invent video games, he invented the best computers on the planet. I love Apple and everything they make, I own a few of them. I love my iPhone and all the apps. I am not a true gamer so for me the games on the iPhone are fine. The article was talking about hard core gamers. So I kind of saw their point.

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