Not only that, but the game will only run you $ 19.99, which is the same price
as on competing platforms, no Switch Tax to worry about.
A good tablet app takes advantage of the extra screen real estate offered by the larger display, but there aren't as many of these available on Android
as on competing platforms.
Even though Beats is maintaining its independence, it's still somewhat surprising given Apple's track record of shutting down
apps on competing platforms once it's bought a company.
So, at least thematically, it looks and sounds a little like a certain, major
franchise on a competing platform (something about «Gods» and «War,» if memory serves).
Unleashing the
same on competing platforms carries the risk of undermining Microsoft's own Windows platform; that too at a time when the latter is having to re-position itself in a fast changing computing scenario.
Not only have they finally secured Apple to allow their app to be
downloaded on a competing platform, but Redmond company announced that Spotify, SAP Boardroom, and Autodesk are all coming to its Store later this year.
Amazon is understandably reluctant to make their books
available on competing platforms, and I am understandably reluctant to leave Amazon Publishing, because they sell a lot of books for me.
The Kindle app is identical to the other apps
released on competing platforms, with access to purchased books on the device, bookmark / chapter sync and annotation support.
Show me that most Sony or Microsoft gamers would feel okay, and consider it fair, if either company turned third party, and started allowing THEIR first party
stuff on all competing platforms, and that those same gamers would accept the logic of Sony and Micro making more money by dropping all notions of different exclusive hardware and games.
However this time no localized and timed exclusivity is tied to the deal, meaning that Sony will simply publish their versions of the game, alongside the other
versions on competing platforms.
Watch Dogs is one game on the Wii U I can't really recommend going out of your way to get hold of a copy of with the basic majority of the game being the same as what was
offered on competing platforms.
It appeared that Sony wasn't 100 percent sure how it was going to pull this off either, as Jack Buser, senior director of PlayStation Digital Platforms, told me, «We've seen what has
happened on competing platforms and are dedicated to delivering a better experience through PlayStation.
These kinds of stories aren't uncommon in the world of technology, whether it's publishers shutting down third - party mod development for games, or software companies restricting the use of certain apps or
services on competing platforms.
A «most favoured platform» contract requires that a supplier who offers a product on one internet platform, such as Apple's iBook store, can not offer that product at a lower
price on a competing platform, such as Amazon's Kindle.
Soundcloud may not have the biggest database of top 40 songs from the most popular artists, but the platform is home to popular remixes and mix tapes from established artists that can't be
found on competing platforms.
There are roughly a half a million iPad Apps available and while you sometimes can't find the coolest
games on competing platforms, you will always find them in the App Store.
Microsoft's Cortana Is Coming to iOS, Android Devices Microsoft's sassy virtual personal assistant Cortana will soon be staking out a
spot on competing platforms.
Although Google makes the Android operating system, it also makes applications for iPhone and iPad that are nearly as feature - rich
as on the competing platform.
The Lumia Camera app has always been more capable than many equivalent stock
apps on competing platforms, offering a level of manual control not found everywhere.
Apple then provided them with great tools and an extremely consistent hardware platform to code for, which made development for iOS a lot more predictable and frictionless than
on competing platforms.
(Most of the new features could already be found
on competing platforms.)