I don't think I'm underestimating those brands. But will that be enough after other developers have abandoned the controllers to make software first for iOS and Android?
I think all of Nintendo and Sony's customers are going to have a very nice smartphone. They will have games on that phone and these side controllers will make those games play better. So they will buy the side controller. Then they will have better hardware on their phone. Developers will develop for the phones first as well. Nintendo will survive by shifting to developing for the iPhone. This will be an easy shift and one they can do late in the game because of how fast and easy it can be accomplished. They could start just by porting some older titles. It wouldn't even take a crack team to accomplish the port.
Aaaaaaaaah - and you obviously don't have a clue about SmartGlass. Or the Playstation App. Sorry - myself not being a hardcore one but obviously you are no gamer at all. This is where smartphones are headed in gaming (and that is a great development).
Nintendo is doing well in the mobile business. They aren't having stellar growth but they have a loyal customer base they cater to. They may get short term massive growth with going iOS but they'll lose their closed hardware infrastructure and business model.
To put that into perspective: You are just like those crazy guys stating Apple should license OS X to third party vendors. Google MacClones and see how well that went.
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The lack of the MFI controller announcements (or any gaming-related announcements for that matter) during the last Apple event left me puzzled but it makes sense now.
Apple will host another media event in November to announce the highly anticipated, new Apple TV hardware with the heavy focus on the gaming. And we will see these controllers being demoed on stage to play "the true console quality" games on the new Apple TV. Given how Apple likes to pose their iOS devices as the post-console gaming machines, it makes perfect sense to announce the new Apple TV during this November and ruin (or try to ruin) Sony & MS's parades.
As for that controller in the article, I think you can use it on iPads too via bluetooth. It looks like any other typical gamepad when it's closed.
What is wrong with you guys?!? Every once in a while somebody turns up in these threads stating the obvious: As soon as AppleTV will gain games it will crash the console market.
Get a grip. Really. Honestly.
4 weeks from now I will be on XBox One, and before I'd even consider giving a "gaming Apple TV" any chance I'd rather directly go the Steam Machine route. You heard about that? Educate yourself and learn who may have the right mindset to crush into the console market. Right. That's Valve.
As a matter of fact one thing is for sure: Apple and "real gaming" are just two confronting worlds. And now think about your gaming on the Mac when you had to rely on the AppStore instead of Steam.
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Nintendo 3DS sales in Japan. Not only is the Japanese game market shrinking, but the Japanese market share in the global video game industry has been steadily declining from 35% in 2001 down to barely 15% in 2012. So Nintendo is doing well in a shrinking market that's only 15% of the global market.
Oh come on...being available for 2 years now, the 3DS is not doing to shabby. There you go -
cumulative sales.
And as you can see on this very page Nintendo just grabbed a ton of cash with Pokemon X/Y selling 4 million copies.
What was your argument again? Just to remember you - mine was Nintendo is doing well. They could care less about iOS.
