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3DS threatens iPhone growth

Games market analyst Colin Sebastian has claimed that Nintendo’s freshly confirmed 3DS could potentially threaten iPhone’s rise as a viable portable games machine With a differentiated 3D display, high quality games, and profitable business model for publishers, we believe the 3DS could help reduce the competitive threat from smartphones,” Sebastian …

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iPhone eats up PSP and DS share

Apple’s digital distribution model makes it tough to track sales numbers for iPhone games, but a new report from Flurry says that the device’s share of the US market grew considerably last year – at the expense of the PSP and DS.Mobile Entertainment reports that in 2009 the iPhone claimed …

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iPad launch line-up will be games heavy

44 per cent of the apps currently being tested on iPads are games, according to analytics firm Flurry. That’s based on its monitoring of usage of apps containing its analytics software. Entertainment is the next largest category with 14 per cent, followed by Social Networking (7 per cent), Sports (6 …

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iPhone not encroaching on DS

There’s more than enough evidence to suggest that Apple can rightly lay claim to be the fourth platform holder of the modern video games market – but Nintendo has dismissed the idea that Apple’s gain is its loss. There’s been no data to suggest an encroachment on our business,” Nintendo’s …

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US: iPad finally dated

Apple has announced that its iPad tablet will go on sale in the US on Saturday 3rd April. That’s the Wi-Fi-only model – the Wi-Fi + 3G model will go on sale there in late April. That’s a slight delay – the Wi-Fi version was expected to go on sale …

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