Apple isn't going to penetrate my market, I avoid Apple like the plague.

Ever since my mrs spent £1500+ on an I-mac only to find that 6 months later they updated the OS meaning a £100+ software update was required to run software she required for uni.

Fuck Apple. I want to use my music files however I want and I certainly don't want fucking Itunes and Quicktime raping my PC from the inside out and controlling how I use my shit.

Don't worry Sony, keep putting Monster Hunter on the PSP and you've got all of my portable console budget.

well maybe in the shitty minigame market.

I dont think Nintendo worries about anything(or anyone) anymore.They have been on fucking cloud 9 since the Wii came out.

Freak out? Rofl.

I would rather play my games on a DS than an iPhone. I like to feel comfortable while playing my games, thx.

People are always like "ooooh Sony hates it" / "PS3 not selling well, Sony must be worried" but does everyone forget that 3 (not 1, not 2 but fucking 3) of the top selling consoles in the World, are made by Sony?

Not only that but in the gaming mecca that is Japan they are ALL generally in the top 5 each week. That's 3 out of 5 for you mathfail people.

Plus selling truckloads of games for each of those 3 every day.

I mean how many companies have released a new generation of product and continue to see strong sales and support of their previous one? Especially when the first I-phones didn't even have fucking mobile internet! I bet those who bought an original one are properly chuffed with it, sat at home by the WiFi router. Bitch please.

Sony couldn't give a shit about the Iphone. Gamers get a PSP, kids and girls get a DSi, trendy wannabe fuckwits who know nothing about DRM or digital media get an Iphone. Fair enough, these trendy fuckwits tend to have cash to blow on shitty Iphone games, but when it comes down to it a real gamer wants more than a pretty, gimmicky, akward to play phone game.

People need to seperate the markets of Gamers and people who play the odd game on their I-fail.

Back at Sony HQ there's a minted little Jap sitting their laughing at how no-one else had the genious idea of MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. Nintendo have the home and portable versions, but 2 FUCKING HOME CONSOLES! AND a portable! All selling really well?

Sony = WIN.

Don't even get me started on errorbox - give them one option, make it cheap and at least you'll sell tonnes in the US of A. They'll buy anything cheap those Yanks.

Trip:
3 words: 3 Dee OH

however, on that note, if Apple actually got something a little more smoother as far as control (other than accelerometer or placing your fingers on the actual gameplay screen), THAT'S something Nintendo/Sony/MS should worry about...ie, a controller that plugs in the bottom where the USB usually goes but doesn't make the entire unit feel flimsy...Anyone who's played Wolfenstein or iDracula on the iPhone knows the little system ain't half bad given the right control scheme

btw, is Sexualchocolate = Big Eddy Edd from that site always looking for Kobe Tai sideways gotch?

F--- a Zune! (lol)

I like it. I sincerely hope that the iphone brings down the prices for handheld games at the margin. We need some kind of check on people deciding $40 is what we need to be charged for new handheld games.

I'm happy playing games on my iphone. There are even some great ones within the shovelware, just like the wii or ps2.

Chronic Logic has hit the nail on the head with his comment "the iphone is great for a quick fix on the go for those who don't like to carry both an iphone and a mobile console." This is precisely why it will be good for the ever expanding older games market. As kids who played the original Game Boy get older, their needs change. Whereas before they had a handheld for those long family trip car rides, they're now driving the car, and can't game at the same time. For me, I don't carry around a DS or a PSP because they're too damn clunky to fit in my pocket, especially if I'm already carrying a phone. Also, the opportunity for me to play handhelds has decreased from hours at a time to maybe 15 minutes max. That is probably why Nintendo and Sony should be fearful. If they can't integrate their products into cellphone technology, particularly as cell phone power increases, they face obsolescence.

"Then we can all be trendsters." I prefer the term hipster, but it's the same annoying pretentious assholes. I stay away from Apple products mainly because (IMO, I could be wrong, however unlikely) they make popular versions of things, then act like they invented the entire damn concept.

Its great for 2£/$/€ time wasters but something more substantial? Devs are running to it to be trendy and to make a quick cash on a flash game, hell, I would make a game for it if I didn't need a mac to do so. And the phone is too fucking expensive.

I know I'll never get an iPhone or other mobile game playing Apple device. Not necessarily because I wouldn't want one, but mainly because I don't have 10 million dollars on hand (that's the lowest price of any Apple product, look it up).

why all the hate? is everyone here mad cuz they don't have full time jobs and can't afford such devices? ;)

/lays out flame/fanboy bait (btw, i do have a psp and ds lite too)

as for questions; yes iphone is faster than a psp or a ds/dsi.

i would be at least a little worried if i was the big N or sony; look at that app store and how many games its sold. easy money really.

but when it comes down to it; the iPhone is a different gaming platform than the psp and ds/dsi. so they prob don't have to worry too much; but don't count the iPhone out though. you never know!

Slot of my friends gfriends play games on their iPhones when we watch sports or play SF4. This is their target demographic. People who liked games like snake and solitaire. They will make good money, especially in US. But in countries where transportation is mostly public, DSlite and PSP will have no competition. N and S have nothing to fear, but we will benefit from the competition.

Drop the exclusive deal with AT&T and then i will pick one up. until then no dice.

@SexualChocalate

Uh...the DS has tons of games for 'gamers.' I don't own a PSP, but I wouldn't mind getting one either...to write the DS off completely as being for 'kids' is just stupid.

Anyway, I really doubt Sony and Nintendo are 'freaking out' over the iPhone. Typical Apple arrogance. I'm sure the folks at Nintendo had a hearty laugh about the 'freaking out' remark before taking another bath in all of the money they're making.

I agreed with sexual chocolates first comment, but his second sucks. Japan may be a gaming mecca for those who like headache inducing vomit games, but the west is where it's at for current-gen tech - just ask Japan.

Most of the people who love Apple are dicks so I hope the Iphone fails so I can laugh at them.

For gaming on the go, the iPhone/Touch has a pretty pitiful battery life, unless you're constantly plugged in. That little baby gets kinda warm in no time and the battery takes a hit. I mean, there are some decent games on there, but I use it as a PDA, not a Gameboy.

@discostar: God of War clone, Cooking Mama's on the DS too, Wolfenstein's a port. What else you got?