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Apple frontman Steve Jobs is making big promises regarding the number of games that will soon be available for the iPhone.
The games will join more than 500 iPhone applications expected to hit App Store. According to the New York Times, 25% of those applicaitons will be free, and 90% will be sold for $9.99 or less. There was no word on what the average cost of a game would be, although Super Monkey Ball, one of the featured games at the Aple WWDC keynote, was listed at $9.99.
During the call with the NYT, Jobs also said Apple will give developers a generous 70% cut of app sales.
The Verdict:- I still don't think the iPhone will be able to compete with the Nintendo DS, or even the PSP, but 160 games with the launch of the App Store is nothing to sneeze at. Neither is a $10 price point or a 70% developer's cut, which is much more generous that what Microsoft gives some developers over at Xbox Live Arcade.
