It steals some casuals, I guess. For me, it could never replace the marvelous DS.
It is a threat, somewhat.
Oh noes, DS is doomed!
As soon as the iPhone gets a library 1/10 as good as the DS.
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I read that article this morning, much of it was utter crap, this quote illustrates perfectly:
Then there is Modern Combat: Sandstorm — the iPhone version of the bestselling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare games — which gets a multiplayer update next month.
| kowenicki said: @kantor that slightly misses the point... if you have a phone that has some decent games and you are a casual gamer... why look elsewhere? brain training, nintendogs... easy on the iphone. sony and nintendo will not be anywhere near as flippant about the iphone as you are. |
The iPhone is not a gaming device. It's an MP3 player with a web browser and many other applications, which happen to include a few, basic, games.
If somebody wants a portable gaming console, they will get a DS (or to a lesser extent, a PSP). If they want a multimedia device, they will get an iPhone. This hurts the PSP a little, but then the iPhone is a far superior multimedia device. The DS isn't really a multimedia device at all. It is predominantly a gaming handheld, with a couple of other nifty features thrown in. Very few people, if any, will choose the iPhone over one of the gaming handhelds based on its library.
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at school loads of people play ROCKBAND by bluetooth on the iphone/ipod touch
It becomeing a phenomenon
Ds & PSP aren't relevant to those people anymore
Like it or not, it reminded me of the way we use to play Pokemon like this 10 years ago
| darthdevidem01 said: at school loads of people play ROCKBAND by bluetooth on the iphone/ipod touch It becomeing a phenomenon Ds & PSP aren't relevant to those people anymore Like it or not, it reminded me of the way we use to play Pokemon like this 10 years ago |
Don't defile Pokemon's name.
>= (
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| darthdevidem01 said: at school loads of people play ROCKBAND by bluetooth on the iphone/ipod touch It becomeing a phenomenon Ds & PSP aren't relevant to those people anymore Like it or not, it reminded me of the way we use to play Pokemon like this 10 years ago |
Yep, I notice a lot of people playing Tap Tap Revenge when I happen to be in the cafeteria.
The iPhone may have 20 000 games, however... how many of those are enjoyable for more than 15 seconds?
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Kantor said:
Don't defile Pokemon's name. >= ( |
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