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Reisinger reports, “Last week, Apple announced during a quarterly earnings call that it sold a whopping 14.1 million iPhones in the last quarter. In August, the last month market-research firm NPD reported hardware unit sales, it found Nintendo had sold approximately 342,000 DS units… Research firm Flurry Analytics announced earlier this year that Nintendo’s mobile market share declined from 75 percent in 2008 to 70 percent in 2009. Apple’s iOS platform, on the other hand, increased its market share from 5 percent in 2008 to 19 percent in 2009.”
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both the Nintendo DSI and Sony PSP business models that depended on high priced games are dead, killed by low priced iOS games (joined now by Android et al). they’ll keep adding bells and whistles to their portable hardware to try to keep up, but their era is over. i guess mr. nintendo finally noticed something is happening …
and once Apple TV brings these iOS games to your big screen TV too …
@DogGone – last week Jobs said 25 million iOS devices were sold. Apple announced 14 million iPhone and 4 million iPad sales, so the other 7 million had to be iPod touches. Apple announced 9 million total iPod sales, so all but 2 million were the iPod touch. the touch has taken over the iPod line.
@DogGone – last week Jobs said 25 million iOS devices were sold. Apple announced 14 million iPhone and 4 million iPad sales, so the other 7 million had to be iPod touches. Apple announced 9 million total iPod sales, so all but 2 million were the iPod touch. the touch has taken over the iPod line.
Above: ‘I am amazed that Microsoft actually sells any xboxs.’
I believe they only sell them to would be terrorists. As I can’t see any normal human beings wanting to be quite so murderous as MSFT games require you to be..
Above: ‘I am amazed that Microsoft actually sells any xboxs.’
I believe they only sell them to would be terrorists. As I can’t see any normal human beings wanting to be quite so murderous as MSFT games require you to be..
nintendo are also infamous for selling underpowered hardware and milking it until the pips squeak
look at the wii , a gamecube double clocked with an ir controller , or the new 3ds , mediocre hardware at best
sadly for them apple will always be ahead of the game as they update their ios devices every year
all the iPad needs is a dual core cpu and a ram upgrade to destroy everything , yes even the ps3 and 360
i can see that coming REAL soon too !
nintendo are also infamous for selling underpowered hardware and milking it until the pips squeak
look at the wii , a gamecube double clocked with an ir controller , or the new 3ds , mediocre hardware at best
sadly for them apple will always be ahead of the game as they update their ios devices every year
all the iPad needs is a dual core cpu and a ram upgrade to destroy everything , yes even the ps3 and 360
i can see that coming REAL soon too !
Why pick on Nintendo, Flappo?; at least they make an honest profit on their product. Xbox can afford better hardware because it is subsidised to subvert the market.
Why pick on Nintendo, Flappo?; at least they make an honest profit on their product. Xbox can afford better hardware because it is subsidised to subvert the market.
I think if Nintendo wants to save themselves (and make me happy), they should start to work with Apple to make Mac-Based games, as well as put Mario or Link in the App Store too.
I think if Nintendo wants to save themselves (and make me happy), they should start to work with Apple to make Mac-Based games, as well as put Mario or Link in the App Store too.
@NateVarmac
Yes, indeed. If Nintendo were smart, they’d start porting some of their bestsellers to iOS, whatever they may be.
Yes, the self-proclaimed “hard-core gamers” will howl about the “lack of real buttons”, but those kiddies need to de-ostrich-ify and check out today’s gaming reality. D-Pads and such are going the way of the typewriter.
@NateVarmac
Yes, indeed. If Nintendo were smart, they’d start porting some of their bestsellers to iOS, whatever they may be.
Yes, the self-proclaimed “hard-core gamers” will howl about the “lack of real buttons”, but those kiddies need to de-ostrich-ify and check out today’s gaming reality. D-Pads and such are going the way of the typewriter.
I used to be a typewriter mechanic.
I used to be a typewriter mechanic.
I just heard cassette tapes are now officially a thing of the past. RIP along side 8 track and reel-to-reel. In there day they were hi-tech.
I just heard cassette tapes are now officially a thing of the past. RIP along side 8 track and reel-to-reel. In there day they were hi-tech.
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@ silverhawk, Include DAT tapes in your list killed by their creator Sony via DRM & rootkits to spy on what your where recording on them. 45’s, 78’s, LP’s, VHS, Betamax, Cine-film, Floppy discs both sizes, 3, 10, 20 CD changers etc, The original DVD that was the size of a dinner plate.
@ silverhawk, Include DAT tapes in your list killed by their creator Sony via DRM & rootkits to spy on what your where recording on them. 45’s, 78’s, LP’s, VHS, Betamax, Cine-film, Floppy discs both sizes, 3, 10, 20 CD changers etc, The original DVD that was the size of a dinner plate.
Correction: the Walkman has been retired by Sony,
Correction: the Walkman has been retired by Sony,
Now this is the company Apple should buy. They are culturally close, with a great emphasis on innovation, and they both have similar histories: both once dominated their industries, then nearly lost it all, and are now back on top.
Now this is the company Apple should buy. They are culturally close, with a great emphasis on innovation, and they both have similar histories: both once dominated their industries, then nearly lost it all, and are now back on top.