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foxtail on 17 September 2010

They don't even mention the portable games market (PSP & DS) where they're a direct threat.



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hikaruchan on 19 September 2010

Apple is not a threat to the gaming industry with the iphone, ipad these are system for light gaming on the go the portable consoles from SONY and NINTENDO are for the hardcore portable games.  



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gurglesletch on 19 September 2010
dallas said:

Not when android is kicking apple's ass


I have to admit that Android games are stealing my PS3 time. I just can't stop playing generic scrabble.




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dallas on 19 September 2010
averyblund said:
dallas said:

Not when android is kicking apple's ass


Not in gaming. Unified architecture has huge benefits to anything more complex than Flash game knockoffs. Thus far Android Market games have been very weak, to put it nicely. Android has a lot of advantages by being able to run across various resolutions and CPU's but gaming is certainly not one of those advantages and that is clear based on the available titles. Android is doing great on non-gaming oriented smartphones, where it's openness really shines

That's because the marketshare of android isn't anywhere near apple's.  Now it sells more on a month to month basis, but nowhere near as many apps or games b/c the total numbers aren't there yet



NYANKS on 19 September 2010
Acevil said:
Xen said:

Sony says a lot of stuff... and it mostly embarrasses them later on. I'd keep my mouth shut if I were them.


They wouldn't be sony if they didn't say a bunch of stuff, that always ends up biting them in the ass later.


I would say creating the perception that Nintendo was for kids was a pretty good move back in the day.



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oniyide on 19 September 2010

@hikaruchan  you hit the nail right on the head

@NYANKS  I think Ninty did a good job all on there own



raptors11 on 19 September 2010

I can't believe people still consider iPhone a portable gaming system. The games are garbage. You can only do so much on a touch screen and no buttons.



benao87 on 19 September 2010
raptors11 said:

I can't believe people still consider iPhone a portable gaming system. The games are garbage. You can only do so much on a touch screen and no buttons.

Sure, then please enlight us and define portable gaming system.



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raptors11 on 19 September 2010
benao87 said:
raptors11 said:

I can't believe people still consider iPhone a portable gaming system. The games are garbage. You can only do so much on a touch screen and no buttons.

Sure, then please enlight us and define portable gaming system.


Sure I'll enlight(en) you on MY definition of a portable gaming system. I would consider it any device that's PRIMARY function is for playing games so DS and PSP. iPhone is...well....a phone that plays mediocre games.



oniyide on 20 September 2010

Im with raptor on that, if iphone is a gaming device then any current phone on the market is a gaming device