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Analysts catch on to Apple's games play
We want to personally welcome analysts to earlier this week -- we realized right after Tuesday's big event that Apple was making a foray into the handheld gaming world with the new iPod touch model. If there was any question, Apple even sent out an email this past week to customers asking them to "game on" with the touch 2G, and as business observers are finally noting, Apple is moving the iPod touch away from its former positions as a media player and a cheap iPhone to be game central.Of course, it remains to be seen whether the push will work -- obviously, the handheld games market has a few very entrenched opponents in it, and Apple has attempted to sneak into the videogames market before, with unsatisfactory results to say the least. But there's no question that the iPod touch is an amazing piece of hardware (at least until Nintendo comes up with a "WiiBoy"), and that integrating the iTunes store gives Apple's unit a nice advantage over units like the PSP in terms of media viewing. There is that nagging tactile controls problem, but moving the touch away from Apple's other lines and throwing it out there for would-be gamers this holiday season is a solid business decision on Apple's part whether it pans out or not.[via IMG]
When desire goes too far ...
Oh internet, how your countless millions of users entertain us so. In a clip that is sure to make people out in the real world who know the individuals featured in said clip roll their eyes and claim to have never known them, we see a couple guys hit rock bottom. Without any Wii to call their own or any means by which to procure one, they instead decide to create their own Wii experience.Check out the video, which has been embedded past the post break.[Via Joystiq]
Today's tiniest game video: Wii played on Game Boy Advance
Okay, before y'all fall over yourselves telling us that he's using a special cartridge allowing him to pipe in a video signal to his Game Boy Advance, let us beat you to the punch -- we know that. It still looks pretty cool playing the Wii on a GBA screen. Though why you would even want to do this is an entirely different matter. Also, just forget about that sucker being portable. For now, it's just a nifty little "Gee whiz!" feature that'll make you pine for a Wii Boy Portable one day. We can dream.Peep the vid after the jump and imagine everything else you can play on that tiny screen, thus destroying your eyesight and/or going blind. You've been warned.
