No Room for iApple in Game Market By Mike Coughlin

iApple said that the iPhone and iPod touch are the "future of handheld gaming," that the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP are things of the past.

False.

I'm calling iApple's bluff, and here's why.
Nobody wants to play a video game without any actual buttons.
First of all, both of iApple's iDevices are touch screens. Nobody wants to play a video game without any actual buttons. We were raised on buttons. The only time a touch screen is any good is when you're playing video poker at the bar; crack that market, iApple. And, oh yeah, the Nintendo DS already has a touch screen -- in addition to its buttons.

Second, Nintendo and Sony have been in the gaming industry for years. Nintendo has been synonymous with video games since Mario ate his first mushroom back in the 80's. Sony has been huge in gaming since the mid-90's -- not to mention Sony's traditional status as an electronics super brand. iApple itself wasn't even cool until the iPod came out in i2001. But go ahead, iApple, try and beat them at their own game.

The Playstation Portable (PSP) has so many features in addition to being a gaming device that it quickly became a leader. It plays music and movies. It can connect via WiFi to the Internet and other PSPs. To top it all off, hackers figured out how to turn the PSP into a Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc. all in one -- it may not be totally legal, but it's totally possible and a very attractive feature for some.

Microsoft doesn't make a handheld, but their XBox has been around for six years. If either of the computer giants have a right to enter the handheld market, it's not iApple, it's Microsoft.

The truth is, iApple won't make a dent in Nintendo or Playstation's handheld market. They should enjoy the iPod's success and quit being so cocky towards Microsoft, Nintendo and Playstation. There's a saying: iSuccess leads to iArrogance, and iArrogance to iFailure.
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