Nintendo Rebranding!?

[DonFerrari]

Nuvendil said:

HoloDust said:

Nuvendil said:

If all the game apps just vanished RIGHT NOW, iPhone and iPad sales wouldn't miss a beat.  Because they are in no way even close to being the core of that market.

You're probably right when it comes to iPhones, but not so sure about iPads - it's old and somewhat limited research, but it seems that 79% of people owning them play games on them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8574997/Apple-iPad-usage-habits-infographic.html

I have no doubt a huge percentage of people with iPhone and iPad products play games on them.  But there is a difference between playing games on a device and owning a device for that exact purpose.  I would wager that the vas majority of people are playing them because they are either really cheap or free; it's a matter of convenience and simplicity.

Some people want to believe cell phones and the like will totaly substitute Consoles and Hand held... they will probably move a lot of the casuals to there, but the real market and most of the games buyers will stay.. quite possibly the tie ratio will raise a lot.