Proof: Nintendo sees Apple as more of a threat than Sony - they've had harsh words about mobile games being too low priced, the WiiU is a console you play with an iPad like device. Could we see a future where Nintendo makes games for iOS & Android? Time travel back in time during the SEGA & Nintendo wars and tell a kid…
Gee, I wonder why smart phone game sales revenue would be greater then from Sony + Nintendo? I mean, clearly the DS and PSP are in the prime of their lives right now and should be selling gangbusters. And the 3DS has such a massive library how could anyone not want to run out and buy one right now? It's a good thing too,…
As I've said, there's no room for the long-length high price games market on the app-market where prices are scraping the floor, nintendo and sony might want to touch it a bit, but they're not going to give up the hardcore market that quickly. And developers on the app-market, most of who are indie-developers, are not…
Begin to compete? I think Apple completely destroyed Nintendo's handlheld market, and it's not even close. Sony never really held a candle to Nintendo. The only difference is there's going to be less emphasis on 'control' based games, and more emphasis on point/click type games. d1ver it's funny you mention Final Fantasy:…
Mobile analytics firm Flurry today reports on the continuing shift in portable gaming from dedicated devices to smartphones and other multipurpose devices. According to results compiled by Flurry from NPD market research and Flurry's own mobile app data, Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems will…
I'd suggest the next Sony hand-held system after the PSP2 will be a phone and a much more direct attempt to rival the IPhone. I'm honestly surprised that the PSP2 hasn't gone in that direction. Nintendo are a little less predictable and will probably continue doing their own thing for better or worse. There's also the…
Alright so, I wanted to share my prediction of what will eventually happen to the portable/mobile games market in the next several years, and see what you guys think. It's my personal belief that around the time the iPhone 5 and iPad 3's release (1-2) years these tablets and smart phones will begin to compete directly with…
iDevice developers have to develop their products to match a broad variety of hardware, not just the latest and greatest, so there's no fixed hardware to work with. For this reason alone they will not compete with Vita for a considerable length of time. The DS (and any Nintendo platform) sells especially well because of…
The iPhone and iPad iterations over the years are actually very similar to code for. Thats why Apple have a very large market, there is no great difference between the code, yet the the actual power of the hardware gets greater every year. Android developers, on the other hand have had a much harder time getting their…