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A very important factor to consider when buying any iOS game is there is NO SEPARATE GAME SAVE. If your iOS device crashes and you cannot successfully restore, you will be starting from scratch. If you want to remove the game and put it back on later, you will be starting from scratch.
An iOS device can be more portable than a PSP, but I’d rather download a game to PSP where I can back up the game save myself.
Yes, apparently a game save in iOS can be salvaged through the “jail break” system. That is about the only solution anyone will currently find other than a handful of “Cloud” back up type games. And even though you literally OWN your iOS device, it may actually be illegal to jail break it. I don’t know for certain. But why should consumers have to “break” their devices to have them function properly (i.e.: separate game save, a function which SHOULD be STANDARD). As for “Cloud,” that issue by itself raises many privacy concerns.
Perhaps Apple may some day catch on and DO SOMETHING about this problem. iOS 5 is supposed to have a “Cloud” feature, but I am talking about something you have ON YOUR OWN to separate save/custom data from program data. Do you iOS users REALLY want your personal data floating out there in cyberspace?
Even non-game programs have the same issue. If you “bookmark,” make notes, or do other changes within other apps, those go away upon a crash or deletion. The custom data is not sufficiently separate from general program data. Maybe it is, but not to the same consumer friendly degree as being able to move or copy game saves in console or other consumer friendly portable game devices.
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