The Power of Mobile Gaming: Nintendo DS

What's the best selling game console of all time? Right now it's Sony's Playstation 2. But by October, that is likely to change and the Nintendo DS is set to overtake the PS2.

The Nintendo DS debuted back in 2004 (it's in its 7th generation now and a glasses-free 3-D version is set to be released soon). It's a testament to the power of the mobile gaming market that a handheld device is poised to be the top-selling game console of all time. But things are just starting to get interesting with the rise & penetration of devices like the iPhone and iPad. And Nintendo sees the battle lines being drawn: Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's CEO, went as far as to call Apple "the enemy of the future" for Nintendo.

We won't go as far as the Nintendo CEO  & declare the war with Sony to be "over." But we love where Nintendo (and Apple's) eyes are headed: convergence.