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Written by Kevin Schram
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:39 |
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A recent study by the folks at Flurry Analytics has found that the iPhone OS is seeing huge gains in the mobile gaming space, both edging out the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP for gaming revenue. In the course of a year, based on revenue, the iPhone OS saw it’s marketshare move from 5% to 19%.
Read: iPhone Marketshare In Gaming Increases [iPhone Sees Huge Gains In Marketshare vs. PSP, DS - Should Nintendo, Sony Be Worried About The iPad?] » TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities.
It’s worth mentioning that since the July 2008 launch of the Apple App Store, about 30,000 of the total 150,000 are listed as games. Also worth noting is that since an iPhone game is a lot less expensive than a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP game, they probably have considerable volume in sales vs. the traditional handheld platforms.
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Written by Brian Caulfield
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:27 |
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Ever since Apple got serious about handheld gaming with the launch of its App Store two years ago Nintendo has had exactly two choices. It could give up. Or it could try to compete with the iPhone's ability to download games over the air.
Instead Nintendo has opted for option number three: do something really, really weird. Are you ready for 3D handheld gaming?
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Written by Katie Marsal
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 14:21 |
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Nintendo surprised the gaming world this week by preannouncing a glasses-free 3D successor to the Nintendo DS, a new portable platform that the industry leader hopes will fend off surging competition from Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Nintendo released few details on the new platform, temporarily dubbed the Nintendo 3DS, in a press release issued on the company's Web site. More details will be delivered in June at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, the annual gaming industry convention in Los Angeles.
The Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to launch during the company's coming fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2011. The system will also reportedly be backward-compatible with existing Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games.
The Nintendo DS is the best-selling portable videogame system of all time. It has shipped more than 125 million units since it debuted in 2004. But minor hardware revisions from Nintendo have not been enough to prevent the growth of the iPhone and iPod touch in the mobile gaming realm.
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