PSP vs Iphone...really?

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Xbbjf9s said:
The point i'm just trying to make is that until sony makes this "psp phone" it's not fair to compare them considering that ones primary function is for talking the other is for games. A phone in this day and age is a pretty much needed while a game system is not, so its obvious which one would make more money.

Just as a PC is made for all kinds of computing, while a game console is made primarily for games. Yet we don't let that stop us from comparing PCs to consoles both as a gaming experience and as gaming markets.

Here's study which suggests that the iPhone may have overtaken the PSP as a market for game software:

http://blog.flurry.com/bid/31566/Apple-iPhone-and-iPod-touch-Capture-U-S-Video-Game-Market-Share

I always urge caution at drawing too many conclusions from this study, because it's only one region, because it's not clear if Flurry has some means of tracking digital sales on PSP and DS, and because Flurry itself has a stake in the iPhone OS that they don't have in the PSP platform.

Even with all these caveats, doesn't the finding that the iPhone brings in almost twice as much gaming revenue as retail PSP titles in the US at least suggest that the two devices are competing? I agree that it's hard to compare the two platforms in terms of devices sold, since it's quite possible for iPhone and iPod Touch owners to get a lot of use out of their devices without buying games, but actually looking at game software revenues of the two platforms is another matter.