Apple say iPod gaming beats Nintendo DS or Sony PSP
Filed under: Gaming | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment
Apple have been no strangers when it comes to dominance over the market. This latest bit of news is no different as Greg Joswiak, Vice President of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing for Apple believes that the iPod is a better gaming device than Sony’s PSP or Nintendo’s DS.
He thinks that gaming will be a key element of Apple’s success in the future and has highlighted the App Store as being a big factor in recent sales. In an interview with T3, he said: ‘’The quarter that closed September was the biggest iPod non-holiday quarter ever. So iPods did extremely well. Certainly a big part of that success was the launch of the September products,” adding, “I think where we surprised a lot of people is with the success of the iPod touch.
On the subject of gaming, he added: ‘’The biggest category of all in the apps store has been games. There are over 1,500 games and there’s a great affinity between the iPod touch customer and those games. Whereas a lot of these devices [picks up Nintendo DS and Sony PSP] are more in the past. And a big part of that is not just the device itself, which is easier to carry, and has the touch display and accelerometer which is great for gameplay, but it’s the electronic distribution of the apps as well.”
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I think it is an amazing gaming device. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next few years that you see more and more kids with an iPod Touch instead of a Nitendo DS.
I recently developed a mix-and-match game based on my preschool son Henry as one of the lead characters. I’m not a professional developer or big company. I am just a mom who wanted to make a game that my three year old son Henry and his preschool pal Hailey could play. I know that my son Henry and his preschool pals love playing on the iPhone.