Adding weight to the rumors that Apple is planning to discontinue the iPod Classic and Shuffle models, the company has removed click wheel iPod games from the iTunes Store. Click wheel iPods haven’t seen a new game since February of 2009 when Apple stopped supporting development to focus strictly on iOS. The click wheel games, however, remained in the iTunes Store until recently when they were pulled (there is no word on when exactly that happened, though).

As we heard on Monday, there’s a possibility that the iPod might see a refresh later this month. At this point, we can only speculate at what such an event could bring, but what could happen with the iPod Classic and iPod Nano? Is this the end of the line for the click wheel, to be replaced by an all-touchscreen lineup, or is there a little more life left in them? Let’s take a look at the options, and why I think both the iPod Nano and iPod Classic aren’t going anywhere.

One of the unfortunate side effects of the iTunes App Store is that it’s spoiling the chirrens. If a game costs anything more than…free…the product comments area will be full of people whining and sniveling about how the app is overpriced. It got so bad that Apple had to limit the number of people who review an app to those who have actually, you know, used it. But if you’re not afraid or embarrassed to click on that “iPod Games” link in the iTunes store, do so now to read some customer reviews. I’ll wager that the majority of the comments are complaints that $4.99 is too much to pay for a game. I know times are bad right now, but come on! $4.99? You’re hard pressed to get a meal at McDonald’s for $4.99 these days.