Nintendo insists the iPhone isn't a competitor!

[mike_intellivision]

MontanaHatchet said:
One of the worst things a successful company can do is underestimate and discount their competitors. Besides, think of the next generation of handhelds. The iPhone will have a huge userbase and will be selling a good amount of games, while the new Nintendo handheld will just be starting out. Even if the next Nintendo handheld holds its own, the iPhone is a threat whether people like it or not.

But even worse than discounting the competition is saying that you are afraid of them.

Anyone knows that Apple is a powerful company. However, to be honest, its technology generally underperforms for the pricepoint.

As for the iPhone, a lot of people have them for business. So the sales numbers are skewed. In other words, I doubt my wife or my boss will be buying games on their business phones.

Thus, the market for actual game-players is not that large and the sweet spot for game pricing is much closer to DSware than DS carts.

This has always been the case for cell phone games. They are phones first. Other devices (music players, planners) second. And game players last. Apple has made the iPhone and iPod more game-friendly. But they have not made them game-centric.

Mike from Morgantow