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Forums - Gaming - E3 2008: 'iPhone more of a threat to DS', 'PSP has best gaming experiences

jenny on 18 July 2008

The I Phone is simply the PSP done "right".



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TheRealMafoo on 18 July 2008
rocketpig said:
HappySqurriel said:

I personally have the complete opposite expectations ...

The PSP is not really selling a lot of software because it sells heavily to are using it as a media player, or to people who are early adopter types who desire to own the latest and greatest gadgets; the iPhone (and iPod touch) are far better media players and have far more geek-cred.

That's pretty much the viewpoint of any sane person. While the iPhone will never touch the PSP in game offerings

 

Never say never. The iPhone is a VERY capable piece of hardware. I expect it to really impact PSP sales over the years. Not so much DS sales.



FishyJoe on 18 July 2008

It's very convenient that the article ignored some of the biggest advertised features of the PSP, that being music and video which is very much in competition with the iPhone.



rocketpig on 18 July 2008
TheRealMafoo said:
rocketpig said:
HappySqurriel said:

I personally have the complete opposite expectations ...

The PSP is not really selling a lot of software because it sells heavily to are using it as a media player, or to people who are early adopter types who desire to own the latest and greatest gadgets; the iPhone (and iPod touch) are far better media players and have far more geek-cred.

That's pretty much the viewpoint of any sane person. While the iPhone will never touch the PSP in game offerings

 

Never say never. The iPhone is a VERY capable piece of hardware. I expect it to really impact PSP sales over the years. Not so much DS sales.

By the time the iPhone is really cranking out games, the PSP will probably be nearing end-of-life. It might happen but I don't see it really impacting the PSP overall.

 




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rocketpig on 18 July 2008
FishyJoe said:
It's very convenient that the article ignored some of the biggest advertised features of the PSP, that being music and video which is very much in competition with the iPhone.

Two features where the iPhone is so handily kicking the PSP's ass that it isn't even funny.

 




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TheRealMafoo on 18 July 2008
FishyJoe said:
It's very convenient that the article ignored some of the biggest advertised features of the PSP, that being music and video which is very much in competition with the iPhone.

By competition, I hope you mean both try to appeal to that audience, and not that both are as capable ;)

 



FJ-Warez on 18 July 2008

So, somehow a gadget that is a great multimedia device is more a thread to the mighty DS.... a non-multimedia device, just focused on games...

I remember those days "The PSP will kill the iPod" now is "The iPhone will hurt the DS".... lol...



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DMeisterJ on 18 July 2008

iPhone does have lots of cheap games on the horizon, but by the time they hit their stride, PSP will be packing it in.

I guess he's talking moreso about the unique input on the iPhone which is not unlike the DS.



Garcian Smith on 18 July 2008

The $200 + monthly fee iPhone is no threat to the $130 DS. And I also have serious doubts about the former's gaming capabilities, since it has no face buttons and no precise touchscreen controls.



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