Tuesday, April 20, 2010

iPad: DSi and PSP's Worst Nightmare?

We've heard all about how the iPad can do wonders, but it seems as though Apple really wants to screw over every gaming company, even though they're still eons away. One of the things that the iPad is capable of is HD gaming that looks a lot better than a PSP. Plus, since it is effortless to produce an iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad game and only requires review from Apple (and we all know about how weird they are in this process) to be posted, it can somewhat damage the two portable consoles. Another thing that can make it even harder for Nintendo Wi-Fi and PlayStation Network is that the iPad now has an online gaming service where leader boards and multiplayer exist for around 800 titles. That's more online titles than the Wii and DS's Wi-Fi titles combined! However, think about it; is the iPad really going to destroy both the DSi and PSP? On the first day of its release, many stores said that they still had a few iPads to go around at closing time. Now, when the DS came out, it was sold out just about everywhere; same goes with the PSP. So, do we really want to consider the iPad a threat? I don't think we should right now, since it will be mainly used with people that don't know squat about what a tablet-PC is all about. (I'm not calling all users that.) Plus, the price is a pretty penny, so I don't think that it will be a significant threat now, unless a whole bunch of developers make really, really good games that aren't just 5-minute time wasters.

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