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Old 08-18-2011, 12:30 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by GlennD View Post
I see the iPad as being somewhat similar to the Nintendo Wii. When the Wii was released all of the hard-core gamers and gaming magazines said it would fail because it wasn't HD and was a lower powered system than the XBox 360 and PS3. But, it was so accessible that it sold like gangbusters. Grandparents who would look at an XBox controller and not know which way to hold it were able to play Wii games with the grandkids.
I agree-I always thought Apple and Nintendo were similar in many ways in how they approached the consumer market.

(The latest two Nintendo products though (the 3DS and the new console) seem rather a rather un-Nintendo-like approach to me)
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