While it seemed that all was
going well for the Big N, it looks like those jovial times are finally coming to a (temporary) end. In an earnings report filed today, the company posted a 66 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on "slowing demand for its Wii console and a stronger yen." It's not so much the profit slide that's surprising, but the sudden admission that Wii demand has finally (finally!) slowed from
a raging boil to simply piping hot definitely caught us off guard. Still, Nintendo maintained that it would sell 26 million Wii consoles before the year was out alongside 30 million DS handhelds, the latter of which has seen momentum slow due to "increased competition in the handheld business from Apple's iPhone." Now, we've known for some time that the suits in Cupertino have always
viewed the iPhone as a game console, but to hear it called out as such from an entity
not named Apple is another matter entirely. Maybe it should reconsider that whole "
if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" thing?
Nah.
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posted July 30th 2009 4:39AM
Apple to buy Nintendo in 5 years.
You Mean Nintendo to Buy Apple in 5 years
Haha.. The Games industry is small potatoes. Apple could buy all these guys.
So you're saying Apple could buy Sony and Microsoft? I think that would certainly be news to them.
I have a DS and the iPhone and only recently have I picked up my DS again. For me having real buttons makes me want the DS more. However, the iPhone works great for those "I gotta crap" moments when you sit down till you get that red ring around your @$$ while playing Flight Control.
In conclusion the iPhone battery dies in like 5 minutes if you play any game. This is why you cant depend on it completely. Still love my 32gb 3GS even if I have to have a phone clip AND a charger holster too!
Nintendo is doing fine! there is a lot more caming..
I think the fact that most games range from free to $1.99 and are, in many cases, as good as DS games is what's competing with the DS.
I never played a game on an Iphone so this question is totally earnest:
Can you do your voice call via Bluetooth while continuing to play a game? Coz I can do that and often do that with my crappy MetroPCS flip and DSLite.
The only reason it's slowing is because nothing is coming out for it. I really didn't see anything that great announced at E3. Except maybe Metroid. That and well, people are starting to realize it was a novelty system that loses it's fun after awhile. Kinda like GTA games. Or Tony Hawk.
Nintendo should probably join the android crowd and release a dsi-android capable handheld...
I've played plenty of games on the iphone and on the DS.
There is no way it's a real competitor.
Ya, you can get 10 iphone games for the price of one DS game (if you are actually paying for either one), but the games on the iphone are complete novelty games. Good in a waiting room or airport to kill time, but other than that, they are worthless.
You truly have to have real buttons and D pad to enjoy most games.
Totally wrong "The i"
The iphone 3G will cost you $99
The 2 year agreement will cost you a minumum of 69.99 (Thats if you dont get any text messages!)
Multiply that by 24months and add in the $99 you paid for the phone and your total is $1,779.76 (Dont forget to add in taxes!!! YAY!)
Ds cost, only $129.99 pr $170 for that new DSI I believe.
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The iphone's progressing really quickly in the games department, but it would need better battery life and games that could compete with the high quality handheld games already out. More than that, nintendo has the casual younger crowd locked up because very few parent are going to get their young child an iphone/ipod touch, but many are willing to pay the lower overall price for dsi.