Who cares? Everyone keeps talking about how Apple will steal marketshare from Nintendo in the portable space. Correlation does not mean causation. A lot of game apps are downloaded on the iPhone. However, no individual data has been given outside of a few apps (Angry Birds, for instance). Then comes the fact that a lot of the overall tallies include demos and free apps. Then you have the difficult task of trying to determine who is buying an iPod or iPhone for what purpose. The primary function of an iPod is to listen to music. The primary purpose of an iPhone is to make phone calls and send texts. It is then difficult to develop a clear understanding of how well the devices perform in the multipurpose arena.
Are there people buying the iPod primarily or just for games? Probably. Are they a large number of the consumers interested in this product? Nobody can say for sure. On the other hand, we know for a fact that 100% of the people buying a Nintendo DS, are going to play video games on it. Also, I am sick of Pachter. This guy throws out ASSUMPTIONS left and right. I've seen more accuracy come from geeks on message boards. He is either "predicting" the obvious, or making some assumption with little to no evidence.
