iPhone is shaking up the game industry!

WallStreet Journal just posted an article that the iPhone is not only shaken up the cellphone business  now as  well the handheld industrie, the iPhone is deffenetly growing to be a big competitor to  Nintendo and PSP

"It feels to me like there's a real threat to their [Sony's and Nintendo's] business from the iPhone," said Neil Young, a longtime executive at games publisher Electronic Arts Inc. Mr. Young quit EA this year to form a start-up, Ngmoco Inc., dedicated to publishing iPhone and iPod touch games.

with the unique and massive platform iTunes store  there are more then 2000 games available at the App Store thats almost more titles then the DS and PSP have together. As well the fast and easy way to  just upload the games straight to the device like your do it with your music. Developer can release games with a minimum of advertising  and without any packaging what keeps it possible to sell games for a much lower price,and it even gives the possibility to keep games updated ( Bugs fix, new features e.t.c )

"Sega has sold more than 500,000 copies of a $10 game called "Super Monkey Ball" for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game, in which a player navigates a rolling orb around mazes by tilting the device, has reached a sales level that Sega says would be considered a hit for a DS or PSP game, which can cost up to $40. "

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