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Video Game Consoles Up 26%; iPhone Killing Portable Gaming Devices

7 points by kimboslice 18y ago

procrastitron 18y ago
"However, portable gaming consoles (like the PSP and Nintendo DS) fell 14%. This clearly is an outcome of devices like the iPhone which are now full gaming systems in their own right" This is not clear at all. The blog author is simply asserting it without providing any supporting evidence.
- alecco 18y ago
  Because there isn't. There are 40M PSP, in spite of being 4 years old there were 193k sold in October. Nintendo DS 84M and almost 500k sold last month. There are only 13M iPhones so far, and it is an order of magnitude away from any significant real share for mobile phones sales. And never mind the apples and oranges pathetic comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081114-october-npd-sales-the-console-market-is-all-about-pricing.html http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081114-october-npd-sa...
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Wow, I had actually copied that quote with the intent of saying the same thing. The only thing that is clear is is that 2 years after launching, Nintendo still can't produce Wiis fast enough. The PSP has always been a bit of a dud.
iron_ball 18y ago
Alternate possibility: current handheld game console generation is mature. Everyone who wants a DS or PSP has one.
- kqr2 18y ago
  Also, the author doesn't look at actual portable game (software) sales.
sachinag 18y ago
Console gaming died because you can play little games in your DVD menus. The iPhone is not killing portable gaming devices. My God, look at Monster Hunter in Japan. It's a lack of good software.
alecco 18y ago
Hi Kimboslice/Ryan Spoon. It seems you submit every entry from your blog, and IMHO there's nothing wrong with that, but you have to admit it, you rarely get votes. Maybe it would be more successful if you change a bit your strategy looking for higher quality posts with more information and analysis and less opinion, in less posts. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kimboslice http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kimboslice My $.02

7 points by kimboslice 18y ago

"However, portable gaming consoles (like the PSP and Nintendo DS) fell 14%. This clearly is an outcome of devices like the iPhone which are now full gaming systems in their own right" This is not clear at all. The blog author is simply asserting it without providing any supporting evidence.

alecco 18y ago
Because there isn't. There are 40M PSP, in spite of being 4 years old there were 193k sold in October. Nintendo DS 84M and almost 500k sold last month. There are only 13M iPhones so far, and it is an order of magnitude away from any significant real share for mobile phones sales. And never mind the apples and oranges pathetic comparison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081114-october-npd-sales-the-console-market-is-all-about-pricing.html http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081114-october-npd-sa...
mattmaroon 18y ago
Wow, I had actually copied that quote with the intent of saying the same thing. The only thing that is clear is is that 2 years after launching, Nintendo still can't produce Wiis fast enough. The PSP has always been a bit of a dud.

iron_ball 18y ago

Alternate possibility: current handheld game console generation is mature. Everyone who wants a DS or PSP has one.

kqr2 18y ago
Also, the author doesn't look at actual portable game (software) sales.

sachinag 18y ago

Console gaming died because you can play little games in your DVD menus. The iPhone is not killing portable gaming devices. My God, look at Monster Hunter in Japan. It's a lack of good software.

alecco 18y ago

Hi Kimboslice/Ryan Spoon. It seems you submit every entry from your blog, and IMHO there's nothing wrong with that, but you have to admit it, you rarely get votes. Maybe it would be more successful if you change a bit your strategy looking for higher quality posts with more information and analysis and less opinion, in less posts. http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kimboslice http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=kimboslice My $.02