joora on 01 September 2010
Don't know if it's already posted, but another bold statement from Apple.
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Apple claims 50 percent of portable gaming market, iPod touch 'outsells Nintendo and Sony combined'
By Sean Hollister 
posted Sep 1st 2010 1:26PM
posted Sep 1st 2010 1:26PMNintendo famously called Apple the enemy of the future in the video gaming space, and by golly, it looks like the Japanese giant was right; Steve Jobs just told an audience that the iPod touch alone outsells Nintendo's DS and Sony's PlayStation Portable combined, worldwide. How many games iPod touch users actually play and for how long wasn't discussed, but Jobs said 1.5 billion "games and entertainment" apps have been downloaded -- again, on the iPod touch alone, never mind all those iPhones.
Update: As many fine readers have suggested in comments, this particular statistic seems a little hard to swallow, given that the Nintendo DS alone sold roughly 132 million units -- a good bit less than the 120 million iOS devices Apple claims, and only some of which are iPod touch -- as of the Japanese company's July earnings report. We've contacted Apple for clarification and hope to be able to explain the discrepancy soon.
Check out our liveblog of the keynote event right here!
Update: As many fine readers have suggested in comments, this particular statistic seems a little hard to swallow, given that the Nintendo DS alone sold roughly 132 million units -- a good bit less than the 120 million iOS devices Apple claims, and only some of which are iPod touch -- as of the Japanese company's July earnings report. We've contacted Apple for clarification and hope to be able to explain the discrepancy soon.
Check out our liveblog of the keynote event right here!
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I cannot see the possible spin Steve could've made to get those numbers, so I call this a blatant lie
Is that kind of misinformation even legal ?
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