iPhone unit sales keeping pace with the DS in USA

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famousringo said:

ZenfoldorVGI said:

1. Yes, but the iPhone isn't a gaming machine. 2. I'd bet at least half, and probably more like 3/4 of the people who buy the iPhone will never buy a 30 dollar game for it. 99.9 percent of DS users game on their DS at least once. It's like saying PC is blowing the the consoles out of the water as a gaming device because 2 million soccer moms a week buy laptops that couldn't run Diablo II.

You can't directly compare them as GAMING DEVICES, in userbase, or sales pace.

So, basically, this thread is just stating a little pro-DS factoid, that the Nintendo DS is managing to match or outsell the SECOND most popular entertainment device in the USA on a weekly basis, and is blowing it out of the water worldwide.

 

3. Also, this thread has to add the whole "i" faimly to catch the DS, not just the iPhone.

 

1. I thought the main criteria for being a gaming machine would be, (A) be a machine and, (B) run games. Too obvious?

2. I'd bet that 100% of iPhone users will never buy a $30 game. The whole point of the platform is digital distribution. I don't think anybody will ever try to sell a game for $30 on the App Store.

3. They run the same software. Adding iPhone and iPod touch together is like adding the DS Lite and the DSi together, except there actually are games for DSi which won't run on a DS Lite.

As for the rest of your post, untwist your knickers. The point of this thread isn't to gloat about how another device is outselling the DS. The point is to show that a new portable device which has demonstrated a huge potential for selling software is increasing its install base at a breakneck pace. There's a reason why developers like Sega, Square, and Konami are showing more and more interest in the platform. Any developer making games for the iPhone isn't making them for the DS (unless it's a multiplat, not outside the realm of possibility at all).

@TWRoO

Smartphones are a rapidly growing market, and Apple's competitors are moving to emulate the iPhone with touch screens and app stores of their own. I think you'll find that in a few years, Apple and Nintendo will be seriously competing for people's limited pocket space.

They are coming out with a premium game section for the app store that will have $20 games (full length games like a regular handheld).

But on topic the iPhone and the app store is expanding like crazy but its a different beast than traditional handheld gaming. There are great games that sell for $1-2 and there are awesome $5-10 games as well, its great for indie developers and awesome for the consumers. A lot of "gamers" get anxious when a new thing like this happens and is popular but that dosn't matter - this means more good games and some really original ones with new and different experiences, i'm loving it.