Resident_Hazard said:
Jo21 said:
El Duderino said:
@ ODC: Yeah the PSP doesn´t seem to profit to much from is multimedia functions... other projects to combine the two sectors like the N-gage have failed... but I and sure its only a matter of time until both markets get into a serious conflict...
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n-gage is alive and kicking.
but it now a full platform instead of a single device.
it runs in all nokia new smartphones.
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And the N-Gage service is still going to offer no real threat or competition to the DS or PSP.
Combining gaming and cell phones is pretty stupid. If I really want to drain my batteries at record speeds, I'd just spend more time talking on the phone.
All-in-one devices sound good on paper, but tend not to be very successful when average shmoe consumers are factored into the equation. If something is too complex or complicated, consumers turn a blind eye.
I think it's laughable that Apple feels they can compete with the DS and PSP. Sounds more like famous last words.
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I don't think Apple has themselves said anything about competing with the DS or the PSP, my understanding is that such statements have come from other people. Anyway, I feel that Apple is going the route cell phones need to go to evolve beyond just phones: the phone part is just like any other app you got on your device, albeit it has certain priviledges (such as the ability to interrupt any other application for incoming calls etc.) But I somehow feel that because Apple was not a cell phone company, they were able to take that step and make their device less a phone and more a multipurpose device, whereas for Nokia such a step would be harder to take. Corporate culture is an interesting factor in all business, and if you're looking for a succesfull merging of a cell phone/gaming device, I'd bet on Nintendo since they have the least experience on cell phones of all the major players, and thus the least baggage when designing one. They could design a gaming device first, a cell phone second device that would still be good enough as a phone for most people.
