Movies, Email and Phone for the Nintendo DSi and DS?
And about a gazillion other DS names get trademarked.
It's been all go at the Nintendo 'Get things trade-marked' offices of late with some 40 new IPs entered into the Japanese trademark database for the DS and DSi.
While a great deal of these will be for protection purposes only, a few leap out as very, very potential indeed. At the top of the list is a threat to Sony's PSP (and maybe even the apparently soon-to-be-dominant Apple iPhone), DSiMovie.
Also challenging to the iPhone (given the DS's install base and our total guestimate) are: DSiMail and DSPhone.
Although there's a heap of possibly never-to-be-seen titles in there, a final one made us look a little askance: DSiStation. What on earth would that be having a pop at?
The full list - as garnered by Siliconera is:
DSiMail
CatchDS
DSArcade
DSBook
DSClub
DSCommunity
DSCooking
DSCreator
DSDiary
DSeye
DSFamily
DSFriend
DSiChannel
DSiMode
DSiMovie
DSiMusic
DSiNews
DSiStation
DSiTsuushin (DSiCommunication)
DSiVision
DSLibrary
DSLife
DSLive
DSMap
DSmobile
DSNavi
DSNet
DSPhone
DSPlus
DSPoint
DSSchool
DSShop
DSShopping
DSSpeak
DSTime
DSTrainer
DSWalk
DSZone
MyDS
ShotDS
While a great deal of these will be for protection purposes only, a few leap out as very, very potential indeed. At the top of the list is a threat to Sony's PSP (and maybe even the apparently soon-to-be-dominant Apple iPhone), DSiMovie.
Also challenging to the iPhone (given the DS's install base and our total guestimate) are: DSiMail and DSPhone.
Although there's a heap of possibly never-to-be-seen titles in there, a final one made us look a little askance: DSiStation. What on earth would that be having a pop at?
The full list - as garnered by Siliconera is:
DSiMail
CatchDS
DSArcade
DSBook
DSClub
DSCommunity
DSCooking
DSCreator
DSDiary
DSeye
DSFamily
DSFriend
DSiChannel
DSiMode
DSiMovie
DSiMusic
DSiNews
DSiStation
DSiTsuushin (DSiCommunication)
DSiVision
DSLibrary
DSLife
DSLive
DSMap
DSmobile
DSNavi
DSNet
DSPhone
DSPlus
DSPoint
DSSchool
DSShop
DSShopping
DSSpeak
DSTime
DSTrainer
DSWalk
DSZone
MyDS
ShotDS
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OptimusP 13 Nov 2008 16:02
1/4
Too bad they didn't trademark DSiPhone...now that would have confirmed the new name for Ninty's real next handheld for sure!
deleted 13 Nov 2008 16:19
2/4
I think nintendo would be silly to make the DS a phone or have pone based apps on there, they would be better to enter the mobile market in a completely new way with new hardware seperate from the DS franchise, no matter how popular portable gaming becomes a dedicated hadheld console/phone would never out do a dedicated phone or a dedicated Console.
its only a matter of time before Sony enters the market with a PSPPhone and how long before MS gives us the portable XBOX Apples phone will have some dominance but he phone is less accessable to people, 50%+ of the DS owners market is "casuals" (skipping the term argument) and how many of them have an Iphone, how many kids can buy an iphone or convince parents to shell for one, even the Payasugo version is more than a PS3!,
Handheld gaming market is going to be fun over the next couple of years, and when apple starts to make money from gaming, how long till they want the home console bite?
its only a matter of time before Sony enters the market with a PSPPhone and how long before MS gives us the portable XBOX Apples phone will have some dominance but he phone is less accessable to people, 50%+ of the DS owners market is "casuals" (skipping the term argument) and how many of them have an Iphone, how many kids can buy an iphone or convince parents to shell for one, even the Payasugo version is more than a PS3!,
Handheld gaming market is going to be fun over the next couple of years, and when apple starts to make money from gaming, how long till they want the home console bite?
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headcasephil 14 Nov 2008 01:25
3/4
haritori wrote:
Handheld gaming market is going to be fun over the next couple of years, and when apple starts to make money from gaming, how long till they want the home console bite?
apple have all ready tryed to do the home console when they relised the Apple Bandai Pippin
back in 1995 japan and 1996 in the usa
deleted 14 Nov 2008 07:42
4/4
phil cort wrote:
haritori wrote:
Handheld gaming market is going to be fun over the next couple of years, and when apple starts to make money from gaming, how long till they want the home console bite?
apple have all ready tryed to do the home console when they relised the Apple Bandai Pippin
back in 1995 japan and 1996 in the usa
yes i know i should of said `again` but this is a different time for apple, it now has real fanboys that would lap up home consoles for fun,