The jury is still mostly out on the iPad, but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has already made up his mind regarding Apple’s competing (can we call it that?) device, and let’s just say he is simply not impressed.
According to the New York Times, Iwata sees the iPad as nothing special, saying “It was a bigger iPod touch,” while also adding it offered “no surprises.”
This should be expected. What else is Iwata supposed to say? That he loves the iPad and hopes it eats away at the sales of his beloved DSi? Of course not, the only problem I am having with what was said is that Nintendo has employed a similar strategy by releasing a bigger DSi in Japan called the DSi LL, which is merely a DSi with bigger screens. Pot calling the kettle black much?
Apple is calling the iPad a lot of things, and a gaming device is one of them, but at its much higher price and overall different focus, Nintendo’s higher-ups shouldn’t be too worried.
Would you consider purchasing an iPad primarily for gaming?
Yep, I would consider an iPad for gaming alone, if “gaming purposes alone” means that I also can check my mail, twitter and so sometimes. But if it means I can’t check my mail, twitter and so on, no.
I rephrased the question for you.
Thanks. Yeah, I would buy an iPad primarily for gaming.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Apple is just playing a REALLY good game of poker…and they know that they have a GREAT hand? What I mean is, Apple reveals their new iPad to the public knowing that it is not going to please everybody. So, after the word is out, EVERYONE is talking about it; whether it be likes or dislikes. It’s these dislikes that are Apple’s biggest advantage here. The reason being is that now they just need to take all of this criticism, and find ways to incorporate the best of what people would like to see into this tablet. With the actual product release date still months away, a lot of what people said was missing from it could easily still be added in. If you think of this reveal as more of Apple’s way to “poll the public” for ideas on how to make their new creation the best, then you can start to see the pure genius that could possibly be behind this whole thing. Now, with that said, I have NO idea if I’m correct on this, but it does pose an interesting possibly nonetheless.
Not impressed? I can’t blame him, but this is a bit ridiculous considering Nintendo tech is so underwhelming. They’ve basically been aping Apple’s design aesthetic since the launch of the DS lite/Wii, but they feel comfortable criticizing Apple? How bout you guys find your own look, stop ripping people off with ridiculously overpriced/underpowered hardware, and figure out the whole online gaming thing? Then maybe I’ll give a crap about what Iwata has to say.
I ♥ both Nintendo and apple but I have to say that the iPad wins here. DSi XL/LL is just a super sized DSi.iPad is a super sized Touch with more features and more user-freindly. It has 3G, a large screen, iBooks …
All the things that Iwata has left out in the DS, DS Lite, DSi now DSi XL/LL
This has nothing to do with any pots and kettle you c#nt, Steve jobs said that this was his greatest creation and that it is something that is an essential, Nintendo on the other hand isn’t and was never hailing the DSi LL as something ‘magical’. It is a truthful opinion no need to bash him nor his company. If you have an objection then first tell me how is this not in theory just a bigger iPod touch?
Sorry Man-I have a wii and a iTouch (1g, I am 12 and have little knowledge of all of the markets. You are right about the fact that Nintendo are not praising the DSi LL. The iPad is more but is not “Just” a gaming platform unlike the DSi(I Just found out you can surf the web on the DS)
And about you ppl wanting to create something out of nothing with this Apple vs Nintendo war. Stop and think which company is dominating the console Market and handeld Market, hint: it’s not Apple. I own a ds lite and I’m writing this comment on my iPod touch. You can flame all you want but facts are facts. If anything these comments will encourage Apple to make the iPad into a more complete device. At least I would hope so.. If people opinons don’t matter then for who are they making these products?
Yes, facts are facts. I think everybody here (and on planet Earth) is familiar with how well Nintendo has done over the past five years. Good for them! But Nintendo would be crazy, even with 100 million DSs sold worldwide, to dismiss what Apple is doing with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the now the iPad. There are more than 30 million iPhones/iPod Touches out there in people’s hands and a ton of them are buying games. I’m one of them. Guess what? I own a DS lite and an iPhone. Guess which device I haven’t touched in the past several months even though I have a stack of unfinished games? I’ll give you a hint — it’s the Japanese one that requires a reboot after you change the clock settings. Personally, I’m not interested in the iPad as a gaming device, but if I saw some real developer support for it, beyond iPhone ports, I might change my mind. On the other hand, I think the iPhone and iPod Touch are going to eat up a ton of Nintendo and Sony’s handheld marketshare over the next couple of years.
Also, your comment about opinions mattering is all well and good, except when said opinion comes from the president of a competing company. Iwata is playing the time-honored game of nervous executives stating that their competition doesn’t have the goods, even when (and especially when) their competition clearly does have the goods. We’ve seen Sony do it. We’ve seen Microsoft do it. And now Nintendo is doing it to Apple.
Easily added in between now and release macatron? It takes many months to design hardware, longer to write interfacing software and sdk, longer to get the supply chain geared up, and longer to manufacture, test, and distribute. And this explanation is extremely simple!
Apple knew what people wanted but this why hey always do. They build a baseline product and then wow us into upgrading it a to y amount each year.
This thing is going to tank unless he games are incredible. Time will tell an I hopeto eat crow
Well, I was primarily thinking of software related items more than anything. With OS 4.0 on the horizon, there are a TON of things that Apple could add into that to make the iPad (and iPhone for that matter) WAY more marketable. I completely understand that Apple isn’t going to “go back to drawing board” and add in hardware features like a camera, but, with a solid OS update, I think the iPad would be able to hold it’s own in this already crowded market. Now if they would just rename the darn thing and call it the iTab, I think that would seal the deal!
Who knows though, with Apple and Fuji up in arms over who has claim over the iPad name, we very well could be seeing a different naming convention before its official release.
http://www.ismashphone.com/2010/01/apple-to-fuji-we-want-the-name-ipad-and-we-want-itsometime.html
Well! I don’t blame him. Honestly I was unimpressed By the ipad also. The only impressive part was it running on 3.2 which will be out for the iPhone and iPod. If u don’t own an iPhone or iPod then I would recommend this but, as most of us do own one, I say skip it.