I have an iPhone, and lots of games on it, but it does not replace my DS. iPhone games are much more simplistic than DS games, and also much cheaper to buy. It's the system you get for 2-3 minute gameplay sessions, Nintendo hasn't entered far into that market yet, and Apple hasn't really entered Nintendo's (longer games with complexity and depth, games you play for 30 minute sessions, even when sleep mode is used in between).

The iPad won't compete.

iPhone:
-considerably cheaper than comparable smart phones of the time (the RAZR V3 just two years before, a MUCH lower end device, cost $960 USD).
It had high end specifications
-Top of the line multi-touch screen, still by far the best on the consumer market today.
-Affordable by the average consumer
-Lots of positive buzz

iPad:
-Double the price of products in the same market (netbooks)
-Half the processor power
-Between 1/10th and 1/2.5ths the space of netbooks
-Keyboard sold separately

It's a different philosophy for a similar looking product. iPad will not be as successful as an iPhone. It's not nearly as portable, useful, or as practical.

All of these people saying that Apple is not a direct competitor to Nintendo remind of of the people that say that Nintendo isn't a direct competitor to Sony or Microsoft.

Oh wait...

Apple's not in competiton at all with Nintendo???

Sorry about that.

To me Sony is the one who should be worried.
The Psp2 is going to face stong competition from Apple.

I'm sure Nintendo considers Apple a competitor.  Hell, they consider television and books competition.

Good one!

...and fast food restaurants and strip clubs too, since they are also forms of entertainment.

I don't see the ipad affecting Nintendo is any way, shape or form (anymore than any other eletronics device that also plays games would).

While it's true there are similiarities in Apples and Nintendo's approach to the consumer market which makes them stand out from the crowd, so far they have not been direct competition. There's no reason someone with an iphone wouldn't also own a DS or someone with a Wii wouldn't also own an ipad. They are completely seperate entities with different functionalities and even if we break it down to the games alone, offer completely different gaming experiences.

Unlike 360, PS3 and (to a lessor extent) gaming PCs which offer 80-90% the exact same experience which definitely means one can only grow at the other's expense (at least as long as that reality remains).

If the iPhone/iPod Touch didn't kill Nintendo, then this overpriced joke surely won't...

Feeling the heat? Look at the DS's software and hardware sales and then tell me!

Which Nintendo product has highly superior alternatives at lower prices, exactly?

The Wii is the same price as the 360 (cheaper than the PS3), and the DS is cheaper than the PSP.

And one can't be said to be superior to the other, because they're not competing for the same market, for the most part. Now if there was a Funtendo Zii with pretty much the same games for $100 with $20 games... THEN I could see where this guy is coming from.

apple hasn't got mario...