| mai said: @Oyvoyvoyv OK, admited, I was wrong when said that 23 mln iTouches was sold in period Q3 2007 - Q1 2008, suppose that was total sales of iPods at that time. Thanks for correcting me.
@wfz Certainly, full priced games won't sell on iTouches, obviously games for these devices is a secondary function. But personally, I'd be glad if casual games on DS won't go retail, instead digital download it would be nice for a price around $10. I hope DSi make it true. Retail casual games tend to cost too much for it's game value, they should be downloadable to be successful.
@Plaupius Thanks, that was interesting article, but still no exact game sales numbers. Here's few more key points: - 13 mln iPhones sold so far. - Apple considered as a threat by Nintendo, but Sony won't admit this (they never do, unfortunately for them). I suppose casual gaming via digital download is a key to success. But still mobile and handheld markets are quite different, Apple won't release gaming handheld any time soon, Nintendo won't release anything but gaming device any time. So I doubt it's a direct threat.
@scottie May be I'm very optimistic ^_^ still hope to find any info according game sales for iTouches... |
Apple is quite obviously very happy to go on with the iPhone/iTouch, they don't really need to make a dedicated gaming device. It is enough for Apple that the release of games, and other apps as well, leads to more HW sales as the lure of the platform is what they care about. I guess one way to look at it is that Apple is in competition for the developers, and right now it seems that they have by far the best offering for small studios. Whether they can garner a significant number of big studios behind them is a wholly different matter. Still, I've heard anecdotal evidence that there are over 20 000 registered iPhone developers, and considering there are 5000+ apps in the store now, it seems the influx is not going to slow down for some time. Sure, a part of the registered devs won't ever release an app, but the business seems so lucrative that a good number will.
