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#332815 - 07/05/2010 18:54 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: Dignan]
hybrid8
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Some recent buzz from the folks at Nintendo...

Originally Posted By: Dignan
If it's anything remotely like the tablet shapes being reported, I don't see how it will be a big gaming platform. The form factor just doesn't lend its self to it. It's not portable, and you have stuff at home that is going to be much more usable.


Originally Posted By: Dignan
I still don't think they have as much to stand on in the gaming area as they think they do, and that is to say that they think the iPhone is the greatest portable gaming platform around.


Seems like the NIntendo bosses disagree about the competitiveness of the iPhone and iPad... I'm quite sure that the iPod and iPhone have already affected Nintendo's sales in past quarters.

Quote:
Satoru Iwata, the Nintendo president, is understood to have told his senior executives recently to regard the battle with Sony as a victory already won and to treat Apple, and its iPhone and iPad devices, as the “enemy of the future” .


Source: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article7118570.ece

I also think the battle with Sony (or MS for that matter) is far from over. The PS3 still has a long life ahead of it by all accounts. Nintendo needs to start putting out some games people actually care about. Like another Zelda. It's the reason I bout the Wii in the first place, and I don't see myself spending much time gaming on it until the new installment hits the street.
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#332816 - 07/05/2010 20:29 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: hybrid8]
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Originally Posted By: hybrid8
I also think the battle with Sony (or MS for that matter) is far from over. The PS3 still has a long life ahead of it by all accounts.

I imagine they were referring to the portable market. I don't think anyone holds out much hope for the PSP any more, if they ever did. I think it's a good platform, but it does, or at least did, have a dearth of good games.

Maybe now that they've effectively deprecated the UMD … actually, I don't have any idea where that will lead.
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#332841 - 10/05/2010 10:38 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: wfaulk]
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Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Originally Posted By: hybrid8
I also think the battle with Sony (or MS for that matter) is far from over. The PS3 still has a long life ahead of it by all accounts.

I imagine they were referring to the portable market.

I'm not sure how they can be referring to anything else. The iPad has some of the same interface features as the DS series, and nothing in commong with any other console. Where the iPad is portable, the PS3 and XBox360 are decidedly not. I don't know how that statement can be interpreted any other way than with the portable market.

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#332842 - 10/05/2010 14:06 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: Tim]
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Yeah, I was focusing on "war" instead of battle. wink In any case, the significance is Nintendo's position regarding Apple as legitimate competition.
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#332849 - 10/05/2010 17:09 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: hybrid8]
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Originally Posted By: hybrid8
In any case, the significance is Nintendo's position regarding Apple as legitimate competition.

If you want to stay in business you identify everything coming along that competes with your product as a threat and determine how to counter it. Boeing and Airbus are looking at the new Embraer and COMAC planes as threats to their smaller single aisle and are planning on doing something to make theirs more competitive (re-engining or redesigning depending on the article and day of the week). Those aircraft aren't even on paper yet, and that is a helluva lot more expensive than redesigning a gaming device.

You don't make mistakes like ignoring something that may turn into competition if you want to be in business as long as Nintendo. I don't think that statement means nearly as much as you are thinking it does.

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#332853 - 10/05/2010 17:57 Re: Apple event on Jan 27th, iSlate? [Re: Tim]
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It's significant in terms of showing "people" that Nintendo does see Apple on the radar. It's significant because Nintendo had previously poo-pooed the iPhone platform.

Should they be caught asleep, I have every confidence that the iPhone (which includes iPod and iPad in this context) can eat Nintendo's hand-held lunch long-term.
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