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Scott
11-19-2008, 07:31 AM
Greg Joswiak, head of iPod and iPhone marketing told us: “It’s not just the screens that are superior to DS – it’s the graphics capability, the computing power and the App Store distribution model.

“I had an analyst tell me in September – and he was right – that the DS is the past of gaming devices, and iPod Touch is the future of gaming devices. It certainly has our competitors scrambling in what they’re going to do in reaction to this. This product is capable of so much more, and there’s a tremendous synergy we have with the iPod Touch and game developers.”

“iPod Touch represents a more future-looking view of gaming, so maybe it’s in a category of its own. There’s nothing else that does what it does. It’s a very interesting new entrant. I think maybe that’s a better question for [Sony and Nintendo].”

Link (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/32360/Apple-plots-games-invasion)

No, just no.

The DS is a console made for games, it was developed ground up for gaming so it has buttons to press as well as a stylus which is quite accurate.
The iphone/ipod touch was only thought of as a gaming device after the launch of the apps store. The interface is terrible and unresponsive, games like super monkey ball are quite hard. Also games like pac-man have a dpad on screen and you have to constantly look down to see it as you cant feel it.

There are just so many reasons why this is fail.

jakncoke
11-19-2008, 08:54 AM
:laugh: seen this couple days ago and still laughing, ridiculous Apple will never make a dent into the gaming industry

LiNuX
11-19-2008, 09:58 AM
i saw the ipod touch video with the gaming and whatnot but they should just try to enhance the music and video capabilities and not worry about the gaming portion of it, i mean they can keep it there if they want but they are just getting greedy now

just like google - they have tried to take over the internet, became an accredited domain registrar a few years ago and now i hear they are trying for their Own OS...heh...I will wish them luck but i have my doubts

Yuuki
11-19-2008, 03:12 PM
Woah. o_O;
These are two completely different things. Lol.
The DS is a gaming console itself while the the iPod is for other crap.
Just can't be compared... What were they thinking?
I don't think this with go very far. <.<;

Kiss
11-19-2008, 04:17 PM
Lol Omg Idiots.

jakncoke
11-19-2008, 07:31 PM
Woah. o_O;
These are two completely different things. Lol.
The DS is a gaming console itself while the the iPod is for other crap.
Just can't be compared... What were they thinking?
I don't think this with go very far. <.<;

I dunno about Ipod but the Iphone has a ton of games ready to be bought for it, although it's not a conventional handheld gaming device, it's just like the ngage...except people buy Iphones

Trunks
11-19-2008, 07:53 PM
Ipod Touch has some pretty sweet games. I'm guessing the same ones as a Iphone. Anywhere near what todays games are? No, there just arcade games.

Jaykub
11-19-2008, 10:00 PM
I have never seen something as stupid as that

Kiss
11-20-2008, 06:30 AM
I know. Sure new Ipod come with a bunch of diddy dads, but there NOTHING like DS games.

Samus-Fan
11-20-2008, 04:43 PM
Wow, lol.
How did I miss this? Lol.
This is just idiotic. I mean, is Apple going to compare themselves with Adobe next saying how their version of Paint is better then Photoshop?