Android Gamers Play

Google offering free Android phones to gamers at the 2010 Game Developers Conference may help drive gamers to Android but maybe not as much as Apple’s new application removal policy.

Google will provide a free Nexus One or Droid to those that register for an All Access or Tutorials and Summits passes by the Early Bird deadline at the 2010 Game Developers Conference, which is smart so as to encourage more games to be produced for Android since 7 out of the top 10 Android applications are games.

What I think will further drive game developers to Android is Apple’s new policy of AUTOMATICALLY removing your application from the App Store if a competitor issues a formal complaint.

This happened recently with AppVault Pro being removed from the App Store due simply to the request of AllAboutApps, who developed AppBox Pro.

Now there should be some copyright protection and copycat protection, but this didn’t seem to be the case.

The way Apple handled this without investigating and simply pulling the app should dissuade developers from the dictation of Apple to the more openly handled Android Market plus the other Android application distribution systems.

This should make developers like Ray Wenderlich at App Vault think more about concentrating on or at least divvying their focus toward Android, although free phones does help