I think we can all agree that a substantial number of Android supporters are a bit on the tech/geeky side - commonly presenting device specs and openness as a point of superiority over iOS.
I think we also can agree that most MMO players are on the tech/geeky side.
Thus, Android's consumer base is particularly well-suited to support a MMO.
Regardless, if I have to read one more article about what mobile OS is better, I'm going to lose my mind. Who cares? Unless you own a few thousand shares in any of these companies, you shouldn't. When I see these, I immediately picture two fat people arguing whether Popeye's or KFC is better.
I don't think the average Android owner could be described as "geeky" any more than the average iPhone user can tell the difference between Arial and Helvetica.
It's easy to find vocal examples of these extremes online but smartphones are basically replacing featurephones, very soon everyone will have one. Already the market penetration numbers are so high that I doubt the average iPhone or Android user could be distinguished much from each other, or from non-smartphone users.
We did a phone survey at the office, and it was just the opposite. The techie people mostly had iPhones, while the normals had Android phones or Blackberries.
I think we also can agree that most MMO players are on the tech/geeky side.
Thus, Android's consumer base is particularly well-suited to support a MMO.
Regardless, if I have to read one more article about what mobile OS is better, I'm going to lose my mind. Who cares? Unless you own a few thousand shares in any of these companies, you shouldn't. When I see these, I immediately picture two fat people arguing whether Popeye's or KFC is better.