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The iPhone and iPod Touch are truly tremendous devices that are taking off and raking in the cash for Apple. They sell so many of them it's not even funny. However, one thing that I really see as an opportunity is the iPod touch and gaming.

If you take a look at handheld consoles like the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable (PSP), you can see that the iPod Touch is actually getting fairly close to matching them. Specifically, when you consider the app store, which has very cheap games compared to other handhelds. For example, recently EA put many of their games on sale, and I picked up Need for Speed for a dollar - whereas the same title would probably be $30-$35 or even $40 on some other handhelds.

This shows that there is value in using the iPod Touch for gaming, but there's one major downside: there are no physical buttons. Don't get me wrong; I'm a big fan of the touchscreen, and many games like Angry Birds use it to great effect. However, many other apps would be better served with physical controls.

Racing games, first-person shooters, sports games, and others all have a lot of fun mechanics that are missing on the iPod Touch due to the lack of buttons. I imagine having a d-pad, side buttons, joysticks, or shoulder buttons could make a huge difference in gameplay experience.

In my opinion, if Apple were to release an iPod play or something similar, it would be separate from the standard iPod touch. The way this one would work would be somewhat similar to the PSP Go - with slide-out controls and maybe some physical buttons on top. This would add some extra functionality while keeping the same features as the standard iPod Touch.

One thing I've noticed about the iPod Touch is that it can drain the battery quickly, even when using the touchscreen and Bluetooth. Intense games over Wi-Fi can be particularly draining. If Apple were to make the iPod play with a bigger battery and similar specs to the standard iPod touch but with physical controls, I think it could absolutely compete against handheld consoles like the PSP 2 and 3DS.

Personally, I think that would be great - having physical controls and better battery life would take the experience to a whole new level. However, would you guys be interested in paying a little more for this kind of device? Let me know in the comments!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys so today I'm here with a video a little something different I'm going to be talking about an idea I had that I figured I would share with you guys see what you all thought uh now of course as you all probably know the iPhone and the iPod Touch are really just tremendous I mean they're just taking off Apple's just raking in the cash I mean they just sell so many of them it's not even funny um however one thing that I really see there's an opportunity with is the iPod touch and gaming now if you take a look at perhaps you know like a DS or PSP and indeed you know the 3D s and the PSV 2 which will be coming soon you'll see that you know the the iPod Touch is actually getting fairly close to actually being able to match them um you know especially when you consider the app store which which has you know very very very cheap games as compared to you know like take for example recently the uh EA put a lot of their games on sale you know I picked up NE for speed for a dollar whereas that same title will probably be 30 35 even $40 on some of the other handhelds so you see here the value is there and you know the idea of just downloading it everything really is going for the iPod Touch however in my opinion there is one major downside which is the fact that there are no physical buttons now first of all don't get me wrong I'm a big fan of the touchcreen you know a lot of games such as you know Angry Birds and many many others that use the touchscreen controls are really really fun you know there's a lot of really Innovative stuff however a lot of other apps I would say probably the majority would do be well much better served if they actually have physical buttons so I'm looking at racing games firstperson Shooters sports games there are L goes on and on but if you actually had you know a d-pad a couple of you know side buttons maybe you know some joysticks whatever shoulder buttons I don't I don't know how they would set it up but if they could get that on the iPod Touch I think that would be really really cool um so in my kind of theory and of course do keep in mind this is not you know based on rumors or anything like that this is just kind of my idea I just wanted to bounce off you guys um in this idea what would you guys think of you there was an iPod Touch maybe called the iPod play or something like that um that was separate from the iPod Touch so you know you go ahead and buy yourself a standard iPod touch or you can get an iPod play and the way this one would work would it has somewhat similar to the PSP Go you could go ahead and slide it down you have more buttons maybe you a couple joysticks or something of course keeping all the standard features such as the touchcreen everything just in addition as well as better battery life so maybe perhaps they could use some of that extra space for more uh more battery larger battery however they wanted to do it um you know that's one thing I've noticed with the iPod Touch um like recently I did I was doing some gaming now you keep in mind this is with you know the brightness up the Bluetooth on uh you know playing a very intense game but I was almost able to drain the entire battery down to about 25% from fully charged in about an hour so you know the battery life is pretty good normally but when you really get into intense games um you know especially over Wi-Fi and all this kind of stuff it can drain the battery fairly quickly so if they were able to go ahead and you know just do the same iPod when you know the same specs same touchcreen everything with some slide out controls and a bigger battery for probably a little bit more would you guys be interested now personally I think that would be great I think that if it had physical controls and better battery life it could absolutely compete against you know the PSP 2 and the 3DS um but would you guys be really interested in that you know if you had to pay a little bit more to go ahead and get that would you be interested would that be a good idea bad idea definitely let me know in the comments um personally I think it would be pretty cool but of course that's why I'm making this video to kind of discuss it with you guys uh so anyway guys thanks for watchinghey guys so today I'm here with a video a little something different I'm going to be talking about an idea I had that I figured I would share with you guys see what you all thought uh now of course as you all probably know the iPhone and the iPod Touch are really just tremendous I mean they're just taking off Apple's just raking in the cash I mean they just sell so many of them it's not even funny um however one thing that I really see there's an opportunity with is the iPod touch and gaming now if you take a look at perhaps you know like a DS or PSP and indeed you know the 3D s and the PSV 2 which will be coming soon you'll see that you know the the iPod Touch is actually getting fairly close to actually being able to match them um you know especially when you consider the app store which which has you know very very very cheap games as compared to you know like take for example recently the uh EA put a lot of their games on sale you know I picked up NE for speed for a dollar whereas that same title will probably be 30 35 even $40 on some of the other handhelds so you see here the value is there and you know the idea of just downloading it everything really is going for the iPod Touch however in my opinion there is one major downside which is the fact that there are no physical buttons now first of all don't get me wrong I'm a big fan of the touchcreen you know a lot of games such as you know Angry Birds and many many others that use the touchscreen controls are really really fun you know there's a lot of really Innovative stuff however a lot of other apps I would say probably the majority would do be well much better served if they actually have physical buttons so I'm looking at racing games firstperson Shooters sports games there are L goes on and on but if you actually had you know a d-pad a couple of you know side buttons maybe you know some joysticks whatever shoulder buttons I don't I don't know how they would set it up but if they could get that on the iPod Touch I think that would be really really cool um so in my kind of theory and of course do keep in mind this is not you know based on rumors or anything like that this is just kind of my idea I just wanted to bounce off you guys um in this idea what would you guys think of you there was an iPod Touch maybe called the iPod play or something like that um that was separate from the iPod Touch so you know you go ahead and buy yourself a standard iPod touch or you can get an iPod play and the way this one would work would it has somewhat similar to the PSP Go you could go ahead and slide it down you have more buttons maybe you a couple joysticks or something of course keeping all the standard features such as the touchcreen everything just in addition as well as better battery life so maybe perhaps they could use some of that extra space for more uh more battery larger battery however they wanted to do it um you know that's one thing I've noticed with the iPod Touch um like recently I did I was doing some gaming now you keep in mind this is with you know the brightness up the Bluetooth on uh you know playing a very intense game but I was almost able to drain the entire battery down to about 25% from fully charged in about an hour so you know the battery life is pretty good normally but when you really get into intense games um you know especially over Wi-Fi and all this kind of stuff it can drain the battery fairly quickly so if they were able to go ahead and you know just do the same iPod when you know the same specs same touchcreen everything with some slide out controls and a bigger battery for probably a little bit more would you guys be interested now personally I think that would be great I think that if it had physical controls and better battery life it could absolutely compete against you know the PSP 2 and the 3DS um but would you guys be really interested in that you know if you had to pay a little bit more to go ahead and get that would you be interested would that be a good idea bad idea definitely let me know in the comments um personally I think it would be pretty cool but of course that's why I'm making this video to kind of discuss it with you guys uh so anyway guys thanks for watching