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iPad Sets Its Sights on Casual Gaming

Posted Dec 29, 2010 at 9:26AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: iPad Games Tags: apple, news

(Image courtesy of BusinessWeek) Should anyone be surprised that a full 44 percent of iPad apps currently being tested on an actual device are games? While the smaller form factor of the iPhone and iPod touch may have endeared itself to casual gamers who like to take their favorite games with them everywhere, the iPad is positioned to invade the living room in a big way -- possibly causing irreparable harm to the likes of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft, according to Gizmodo . The reigning champ of all game platforms is the Nintendo DS, standing tall with 125 million units sold in just over five years. But the iPhone OS platform, only two and a half years old, already encompasses 75 million devices worldwide. And a recent Flurry study shows that the iPad is poised to advance that number even higher, with a full 44 percent of apps being tested on the device comprised of -- you guessed it -- games.

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