Nielson says Nintendo am not doomed. But entire video game industry is.

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HappySqurriel said:

Not surprising but what children want, what they get, and what they use are three very different things ...

Beyond that, people buying iPads, iPhones, and iPods only is a threat to gaming consoles and dedicated gaming handheld devices if the purchase of an iDevice prevents the purchase of a dedicated gaming device.  I have seen no evidence for this, in fact I see evidence of the opposite happening:

 

The 3DS and Vita are going to do worse than the DS and the PSP. Western bloggers have finally joined the Japanese in discovering that you can play games on your phone. Ergo, ipso facto, and lorem ipsem, handhelds are doomed.