iPhone casts a hex on games consoles...

[Avinash_Tyagi]

nitekrawler1285 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

nitekrawler1285 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:

nitekrawler1285 said:
I didn't think anyone could do it but i think that the iphone may be attacking an even lower tier than the DS and Wii. With upcoming AAA developers it may start upstreaming...

Doubtful as its price and features don't position it to aim at a lower tier than Nintendo, thing is gaming is a secondary feature for the iphone

what is the price of the iphone?  As well as it's subscription plan? I would like to include it and the cost of the ds and see if it would be cheaper to get the iphone or buy a game for your ds every month cause given the practical non cost of the games I'm not sure the pricing is terribly different.

The fact that gaming is secondary is actually the brilliance of their position.  They don't have to aim and position. People who love and use the device for it's useful features will eventually find their way to games.  Making people who don't game currently or aren't interested in games(or non-gamers) eventual gamers because of boredom and easy access.  Some apps are even more lifestyle and simple fun than Nintendo stuff.  It's a step above the ridiculously simple online flash games that compose the lowest tier.

 

$200 plus $30 a month for two years, which over two years comes to $920

DS lite is like $130 and each game is like $30-40, so a lot cheaper to get a DS lite.  Because for the price of the ipod plus two year contract you can get the DS and over 20 games.

Actually the problem is having too many features, see the iphone overshoots the market for those looking for gaming, as most of those aren't looking for a smartphone, and its price is too high to hit the lower tier as I just showed, not to mention its gaming software is subpar compared to the DS, the DS on the other hand, is perfect for those in the lower tiers, not to mention, the DS is the handheld of choice for kids, meaning it has more gaming exposure in households than the iPhone.

And just being lifestyle isn't enough, the games have to be good, and nothing on the iPhone can challenge what the DS has in that regard, like Nintendogs, brain age, etc.

Basically the iPhone becomes just the thing you use to game when your DS isn't around, for most people, its not going to replace the DS at best it will supplement it.

If they get a DSi then the price difference at the end of two years is $30.  and that's with each DS game valued at 30 not 40.  You can download far more than 24 free apps in that time.

We consider the gaming software to be sub par.  Anyone whom i've known that was not a gamer has truly enjoyed their free iphone game apps.  Regardless of how sub par and simple i percieve them to be. Hell i even view those Nintendo games you mentioned as sub par .

The fact that people view them as fun and some even incorporate into their lifestyle better than the Nintendo titles you mentioned above. Of course we also have to consider the touch as well as the iphone which also lowers the price and subscription barrier.

  If they get the DS and a bunch of games, but the thing is, most people don't buy that many games, which proves my point, people usually buy less than 10, because the DS games are much more meaty they can satisfy for years, so in fact getting the DS and games would be a lot cheaper than getting the iphone.

They enjoy them, but they don't replace the DS games, when the DS is around, the iphone games are quickly forgotten, even the simpler DS games are far better and more interesting to these consumers than any of the iphone games.

Even the ipod touch, reduces the barrier, but its still more expensive than the DS, and the games don't compare.

In order to incorporate better, they have to be better, if you hand a person a DS with nintendogs, they'll play it over the iphone any day, the iphone is just the system to play when the other ones aren't around .

Also you forget the key factor in this issue, the kids, the DS has the inside track into the minds of consumers due to kids, people will buy them for kids and then when they see the kids playing them, and when they see games like nintendogs, they'll get it for themselves, they may keep the iphone for when they can't carry a DS, but that's all the iphone ipod touch is going to be, it'll supplement the DS for people, but it won't replace.