Comments on: iPod Touch: The New Age Gameboy http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bryan http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338136 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:55:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338136 I certainly love iPhone for telecom/multimedia purposes so I’m not trying to knock it here, but I think the article is a bit off the mark. iPhone is a good gaming device only if your idea of gaming came from playing half baked space invaders and tetris on late 90s’ black-and-white Nokia cellphone. In terms of a cultural impact, you should’ve compared iPhone/Touch to 80s Walkman revolution. It would’ve been a better analogy.

Gaming industry is an astronomically competitive monster in its own category and Apple is far from even touching it right now. It would require a huge risk-taking in R&D funding, then start worrying about Sony merging PSP with SonyEricsson Walkman. Think about how much money Sony and Nintendo invested to get to where they are and that’s purely in gaming industry alone.

]]> By: Parents’ biggest concern with kids using iPhone or iPod touch is “inappropriate or unsafe content.” | The Mobile Parent Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338135 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:20:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338135 [...] waiting for appointments or sitting in the car. More often than not, kids are using them to play games — a usage for which parents, the study found, are “willing or eager” to pay for. We wonder [...]

]]> By: When It Comes to the iPhone, Parents Do Understand http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338134 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:17:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338134 [...] waiting for appointments or sitting in the car. More often than not, kids are using them to play games — a usage for which parents, the study found, are “willing or eager” to pay for. [...]

]]> By: pwnzor http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338133 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:04:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338133 I’m never going to pay full price for a game again, flash cards for the win!

]]> By: Pandora Batteries http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338132 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:37:03 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338132 Awesome post, you have answered many questions I have been search for the answer to!

]]> By: nintendo is best http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338131 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:56:14 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338131 haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed

]]> By: Adam http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338130 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:59:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338130 “However when a shopper purchases an iPod touch or iPhone they are thinking that this is a device that can play music, browse the Internet, and it can also play games.”

PSP anyone…?

“Unlike the leading portable gaming consoles, there is no need for cartridges, a charger, or even money (aside from the cost of the device).”

Leading portable game consoles…? Like one of which being Playstation Portable? It has wifi capabilities (web browser), and ability to connect to the manufactures community site (Playstation Network), and ability to download new software, games, trials etc… And purchased games at retailers globally, long before the iPod touch (which you entitled this article) came out on the market. I own both devices and IMO both have their own particular benefits.

I think the basis for this article was correct… (Where Todays Portable Technology Stemmed From, and Where It’s Headed..) However, some of the facts you tried to state or emphasize, were not correct…

Thanks

]]> By: paul http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338129 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:00:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338129 I don’t agree with all of this. These are two different beasts completely. The gameboy and DS do there thing and do it well, the touch tries to do too many things and doesn’t excell at it. (and the touch is too big, needs to be half the size._

]]> By: sosyalmekan http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338128 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:52:18 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338128 nokia checked this bazaar with ngage model but it fault. and apple checked this console bazaar with ipod/iphone and it wins… because ngage never be utopia around youth but ipod/iphone utopic design of all ages… it is classic already!

]]> By: macerroneous http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338127 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:56:17 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338127 I’m in a horrible funk due to the Steve news, so I’ll try not to be too harsh. I think this piece was poorly written. You would benefit from the use of an amateur editor.

]]> By: Nathan http://gigaom.com/apple/the-ipod-touch-the-new-age-gameboy/#comment-338126 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:50:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=14755#comment-338126 “The Gameboy set the stages for portable gaming, they were among the first mass produced portable gaming consoles in color”

Really? Of all the mass market portable consoles, the Gameboy was one of the last to go colour (beating only the Wonderswan and Neo Geo Pocket)

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