bigdaddygamebot said:
I don't want to get all contrarian with you but lining up an iPod Touch and a DS side by side, the iPod Touch is a better choice for kids.
People just haven't figured it out yet.
That's the thing though.
The iDevices are great and offer some excellent value and options for parents and people in general too.
But is still kind of an apple to oranges. As you said, it offers more stuff for your daughter to do; yet gaming is not "the main thing" many buy one though and you even said that too. Movies, shows, apps, education, etc. You're not buying an iTouch for your daughter as a gaming device but as a multimedia device that happens to play games and do other things.
People buying a 3DS will mostly do it for gaming first and everything else it does (apps, movies, etc.) as a secondary thing. People are not going around about buying a 3DS to watch TV shows, or learn something.
I mean, I'm planning (and saving) for an iPad. Amazing device, but I'm not planning it to be a substitute or buy it instead of a 3DS, but more as something I can use for multiple things. yeah I can play some games here and there, but whenever I want to play Mario, Zelda, etc. that's what the 3DS is going to be for.
When people "lol" at the whole comparisons is because of that. The iDevices are nice choices for kids because of the amount of things they can do, but not as a primary gaming devices which is why many go for DS or PSP games.
Heck I know parents that bought an iThouch for their children last Christmas, simply because that way their kids will leave them alone more time. Instead of buying a DS with games, they got them an iTouch because when they get bored of movies, they can play games, when bored of games, they can do something else. So the iTouch became the "thing that keeps my son calm and makes him play and scream and run less."
So like everything, it depends.
