Portable consoles: After PSP vs DS, is it now iPod vs Zune?
September 20th, 2009 by Nimish Dubey
Zune HD vs iPod touch
When Microsoft announced that its Zune HD multimedia player could play 3D games and released details of some of the titles that would be available on it in the coming days, the big company from Redmond added a new chapter to the battle for portable gaming. Although this has so far been a largely Sony vs Nintendo affair, with special appearances from other players, there are now indications that two of tech’s oldest rivals are getting ready to make portable gaming the arena for their next slugfest. Aye, after going at each other on computers, phones and media players, those two old buddies, Apple and Microsoft are likely to be slugging it out on gaming next.
There will be those who will snigger at such a notion, but given the way in which the iPod touch has emerged as a viable gaming device in its own right (heck, I think it offers much more bang for your gaming buck than the DS or the PSP), it would be foolish to write off the Zune’s prospects in this regard. Mind you, the force right now does seem to be with the iPod – the App Store right now has thousands of games, many of which are free, while the Zune is just starting out in this department. But that is likely to change in the coming days – even the App Store started out small, remember?
We can feel the frowns in the Sony and Nintendo camps already.
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Categories: Apple, Gaming, PMP - Portable Media, microsoft | Tags: apple vs microsoft, DS, gaming industry, handheld gaming, ipod touch, portable gaming, psp, zune hd
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