PSP News - Will the iphone Kill Nintendo DS, Sony PSP? - Kiplinger.com

Apple’s ( AAPL ) wildly popular mobile device single-handedly propped up AT&T’s ( T ) results in the most recent quarter. Nintendo ( NTDOY ) and Sony ( SNE ) dominate there, with their DS and PSP devices. The question my friends are asking is, will iPhone game applications push down price expectations on mobile games from the standard $20 and up range for titles for DS and PSP to the $5 and below range that is becoming the norm on the iPhone Applications Store? Popular Science has a more in-depth treatise on the topic of iPhone impact on DS and PSP . The iPhone won’t replace DS and PSP but it will exert enough pricing pressure to force the portable guys to drop their prices considerably in order to compete effectively. read more

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