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Re:Angry Birds raise $42M? by pclark on Thursday March 10, 2011 @10:34AM (#2309430)
There are more iOS devices than Nintendo DS devices, for what its worth.
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Re:Angry Birds raise $42M? by ultrasaurus on Thursday March 10, 2011 @11:47AM (#2309746)
But they're a demographic that bought them so that they could spend $20+ regularly on video games so you could expect penetration or prices to be higher.
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Re:Angry Birds raise $42M? by latch on Thursday March 10, 2011 @07:05PM (#2311391)
and there are more people in Europe than the USA - but that doesn't mean you ignore the US market.

Even if all things were equal, Nintendo portable is still a huge market. While the lines are blurring, I still think DS is a game device, and iOS isn't - specifically with respect to how much people pay/expect from games. The development costs for DS would be higher - as you'd have to build a longer game, but the so too would the margins.

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