I guess thats what they were hoping when it was first introduced. I guess same applied for the PS3 and even the 360 but Nintendo showed them whos the boss!
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Nintendo is king when it comes to handhelds. How many new fandangeled handhelds have come out and expect to beat up Game Boy, or DS? Alot, and they have all failed.
I expect the same with Iphone.
We heard the same thing every time. Either the opposing devices have better technology, or bigger base, or a ton of cash to back up the device and it all fails.
the iPhone it's such a piece of crap, you're better off buying an iPod Touch and a regular phone, it's cheaper that way, and you get a good phone service to boot...
anyways I doubt the iPhone can become a serious handheld console (remember the N-Gage?) the price tag is too high for a regular handheld. I'm surprised they're finally launching the SDK, but a few things have been noted about how much freedom developers actually have (typical).
... Now, what I'm waiting for is Apple trying to get a piece of the gaming business "pie", by launching their very own console
... the iGame... it must be coming soon...
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I think the best chance they had was when the original Gameboy was introduced. That thing was like a brick, it hardly had any color and the games sucked(except for Tetris). If they survived that, they'll survive anything.
Besides, I rather buy a PS3 with than an Iphone.
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And big thing still beat Sega's Gamegear which had color.
I guess a lot of people have failed to notice what makes a great gaming system; the games. Adds for the PSP have nothing to do with games, adds for the PS3 are leaning towards Blue-Ray, and now here's the iPhone: no games seen besides Super Monkey Ball and now everyone is calling it the DS killer.
Seriously the DS has a huge number of amazing games already and more to come and Nintendo actually puts focus on showing their games in their commericals.
I absolutely love Nintendo Commercials, they're prety well done
... and the only ones calling it the DS killer are business mags that know nothing about games... them and the ocassional iPod/Apple fanboy... let them go play with their iBrick
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yes it certainly is the catalog of games that measures up to the console, prime example is if we look at the PSP, it is superior to the DS in features but game wise it is lacking, which is one of the main reasons why it is failing to the DS, perhaps if the Iphone does steal some of Nintendo's games it make surpass the DS, however the cost of an iphone to a DS and Nintendo's exclusive catalog of games should be made clear that it would be a tough fight indeed.
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