Comments on: Apple Poised to Snatch the Crown from Nintendo's DS http://toucharcade.com/2008/06/05/apple-poised-to-snatch-the-crown-from-nintendos-ds/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:44:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brendan http://toucharcade.com/2008/06/05/apple-poised-to-snatch-the-crown-from-nintendos-ds/#comment-270 Brendan Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:05:25 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=105#comment-270 HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Good Luck Apple! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Good Luck Apple!

]]> By: polishbroadcast http://toucharcade.com/2008/06/05/apple-poised-to-snatch-the-crown-from-nintendos-ds/#comment-269 polishbroadcast Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:38:22 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=105#comment-269 I don't think interaction alone makes for an amazing platform, you also need the games and the price is a big factor. There is a further problem on the iPhone that can't match the DS: input resolution. Even your smallest finger is pretty fat compared to a DS stylus which can basically select a single pixel. I just don't see 10 year olds getting a $300-400 phone to only play a non-existent iPhokemon game, with a $60 a month, for two years, contract. The DS is small, cheap and has a huge library of awesome games. The iPhone is a great phone and media player, and potentially great game device, but i don't see it stealing too much share from Nintendo's current market (which i am squarely in). I don't think interaction alone makes for an amazing platform, you also need the games and the price is a big factor. There is a further problem on the iPhone that can't match the DS: input resolution. Even your smallest finger is pretty fat compared to a DS stylus which can basically select a single pixel.

I just don't see 10 year olds getting a $300-400 phone to only play a non-existent iPhokemon game, with a $60 a month, for two years, contract. The DS is small, cheap and has a huge library of awesome games. The iPhone is a great phone and media player, and potentially great game device, but i don't see it stealing too much share from Nintendo's current market (which i am squarely in).

]]> By: Jason http://toucharcade.com/2008/06/05/apple-poised-to-snatch-the-crown-from-nintendos-ds/#comment-265 Jason Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:53:21 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=105#comment-265 I agree whole-heartedly... The only caveat you failed to mention? A highly important one when it comes to gaming - Battery life... At present you'd get at most a good 2.5 hours of mobile gaming on an iPhone/iPod Touch - which is a lot less than a DS which will give you around 8 to 10 hours of gaming. The key also to them more established hand-held game systems, is the ability to swap batteries in and out to enable you to carry on playing. And we all know have Apple just loooove to let us swap batteries in and out of the iPhone/iPod Touch don't we? lol :P I agree whole-heartedly…

The only caveat you failed to mention?

A highly important one when it comes to gaming – Battery life… At present you'd get at most a good 2.5 hours of mobile gaming on an iPhone/iPod Touch – which is a lot less than a DS which will give you around 8 to 10 hours of gaming.

The key also to them more established hand-held game systems, is the ability to swap batteries in and out to enable you to carry on playing. And we all know have Apple just loooove to let us swap batteries in and out of the iPhone/iPod Touch don't we? lol :P

]]> By: mj » Blog Archive » Apple to trump Nintendo in Gaming? http://toucharcade.com/2008/06/05/apple-poised-to-snatch-the-crown-from-nintendos-ds/#comment-263 mj » Blog Archive » Apple to trump Nintendo in Gaming? Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:23:54 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=105#comment-263 [...] Arcade writes: Apple Poised to Snatch the Crown from Nintendo’s DS Combine this seamless distribution model with beefy gaming hardware–a CPU that’s over six times [...] [...] Arcade writes: Apple Poised to Snatch the Crown from Nintendo’s DS Combine this seamless distribution model with beefy gaming hardware–a CPU that’s over six times [...]

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