Nintendo is a games company while Apple is a software/hardware company, ITouch is an just an example of their hardware carrying their software and gaming is simply a small portion of what the ITouch is capable of.
Pre E3 2008; rumors were flying around from every end of the internet claiming that Modus or some form of motion detecting peripheral would be on the way for the HD Twins. The solidified fact that motion controls is what set the Wii apart from other consoles meant that should this hardware be present in its currently indirect competition they would be moving into the Wii’s potential consumer space. The aggressors in this case would be MS and Sony while Nintendo would be the incumbent.
DSi may be so focused on such a down stream audience that Apple may be a little confused. Nintendo is a games company, so it would make sense that the Itouch 2g would be geared towards shielding Apple from any competition as Nintendo is also a hardware company. Nintendo however isn’t using gaming to take the fight to Apple. (That’s right Apple is on the defense, Nintendo is on the offense as far as DSi goes and if they do compete it will be very indirectly.) In all honesty the DSi is just a crappy ITouch that’s a very good DS; that alone should send shivers up Apples spine and Sony sees it as clear as day that their market space is shrinking, again. (Walkman?)
Analogy: Three guys are fighting, Sony is the one who brought the knife, Apple brought the Berretta and Nintendo is the one who brought the harbinger satellite that shoots a beam from above while wearing full body armor.
Jokes aside though, you seeing an Apple product as a games product is just a defensive method, the mythos that Apple products are business oriented or sports oriented is what Apple is trying to keep while pushing the gaming ends.
DSi is pushing into family and that’s where Apple is not.
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