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famousringo on 04 May 2009

Although the iPhone's quarterly sales were eclipsed by a big push of RIM smartphones, AT&T is reporting that there were 1.6 million iPhone activations in Q1 2009:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/22/att_reports_lower_iphone_sales/

This roughly matches NPD estimates for DS hardware sales for the period, which tally up to 1.66 million units in the USA:

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/NPD_2009_in_review

iPod Touch sales are unknown, but they should push the iPhone/iPod Touch platform beyond DS sales for the quarter. It's worth noting that while holiday DS sales crushed the iPhone in Q4, the iPhone actually managed to sell 20% better than the DS in Q3 of last year.

I just find it interesting to note that while the iPhone/iPod Touch platform hasn't yet attracted the heavy investment by gaming developers that the DS has, its hardware install base is growing extremely quickly, at least in the NA market. I'm sure a lot of these users aren't going to be interested in gaming, but if Apple can manage to leverage their new platform to bring developers and consumers together with online distribution, the iPhone/iPod Touch could be a bigger threat to the DS than the PSP was.



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killeryoshis on 04 May 2009

What does a iphone do anyway



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DaveD on 04 May 2009

it's a phone that has a lot of applications



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c03n3nj0 on 04 May 2009

That's pretty good... for both!



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famousringo on 04 May 2009
killeryoshis said:
What does a iphone do anyway

 

It's basically a PC that you hold in your hand, with cell phone functionality and some limitations.

And I forgot to add that Apple just poached a marketing executive from Xbox's European division:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/04/teversham/



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Lostplanet22 on 04 May 2009

the iPhone/iPod Touch could be a bigger threat to the DS than the PSP was.

I lolled..... The PSP is a threat to the DS =p?



 

SamuelRSmith on 04 May 2009

Isn't there a little catch-22 with what Apple are trying to do? In order to keep up with other phone companies, Apple should really be releasing a new model at least once a year, and, yet, a gaming platform's user base should be built up over several years.



Pk9394 on 04 May 2009

dont worry you dont need to know what Iphone is, it is just another apple product that over charge for what it does compare to every other phone manufacturers. All you need to know is Nokia N97, HTC touch HD or Touch Diamond 2 will pretty much kill the iphone in terms of functionalities.



Ail on 04 May 2009
SamuelRSmith said:
Isn't there a little catch-22 with what Apple are trying to do? In order to keep up with other phone companies, Apple should really be releasing a new model at least once a year, and, yet, a gaming platform's user base should be built up over several years.

 

Releasing a new platform every year doesn't mean games that worked on the old one woudn't work on the new one...



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SamuelRSmith on 04 May 2009

^ I was actually thinking about the other way around.