| SamuelRSmith said: Isn't there a little catch-22 with what Apple are trying to do? In order to keep up with other phone companies, Apple should really be releasing a new model at least once a year, and, yet, a gaming platform's user base should be built up over several years. |
That's an interesting point.
I don't think that the iPhone/iPod Touch is ever going to directly compete with handheld gaming consoles like the DS. Apple's download-only business model is completely different. But I do think that Apple might bring the PC gaming model into the portable space, where it will indirectly compete with Nintendo and Sony just like PC games indirectly compete with home console games.
Annual hardware revisions much resemble the PC model, where you introduce new features, but never at the expense of backward compatibility unless it's several generations old.
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