Steve claims iPod touch 'outsells Nintendo and Sony combined'

[joeorc]

Ingmar said:

mai said:

 

There're people who realised this, but either way it's irrelevant for the same reason numerous people including me in the thread have mentioned.

Apple's comments at their keynote are as irrelevant or relevant as Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft's comments e.g. about npd data.

The iOS devices are imho indeed a threat to Nintendo and Sony regarding mobile gaming.

you can take it to bank your not far from the truth, sony Knows this that's why they are moving into that space..the smartphone ate into the PDA market until the PDA was no more. the very same thing could indeed happen to the dedicated handheld game machine also, but sofar that's not been the case like it was for the PDA..but for everyone who think's it's not a threat...here is something to ponder

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device Sales Grew 13.8 Percent in Second Quarter of 2010, But Competition Drove Prices Down

Android Became the World's Third Most Popular Smartphone Operating System and Claimed Top Spot in the U.S

Egham, UK, August 12, 2010 —

   Worldwide mobile device sales to end users totaled 325.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, a 13.8 percent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales to end users accounted for 19 percent of worldwide mobile device sales, an increase of 50.5 percent from the second quarter of 2009.

Table 1
Worldwide Mobile Device Sales to End Users in 2Q10 (Thousands of Units)

iOS devices is over 8 million units a Quarter! that's  over 24 million devices a year!

all with the same applications...ie games as a big one.

Company	2Q10  Units	2Q10 Market Share (%)	2Q09  Units	2Q09 Market Share (%)
Nokia	111,473.8	34.2	105,413.4	36.8
Samsung	65,328.2	20.1	55,430.1	19.3
LG	29,366.7	9.0	30,497.0	10.7
Research In Motion	11,228.8	3.4	7,678.9	2.7
Sony Ericsson	11,008.5	3.4	13,574.3	4.7
Motorola	9,109.4	2.8	15,947.8	5.6
Apple	8,743.0	2.7	5,434.7	1.9
HTC	5,908.8	1.8	2,471.0	0.9
ZTE	5,545.8	1.7	3,697.9	1.3
G’Five	5,208.6	1.6	NA	NA
Others	62,635.2	19.30	45,977.2	16.1
Total	325,556.8	100.0	286,122.3	100.0

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1421013