In a statement that at first seemed weird to me, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime told Forbes that, in the near term, Apple could “absolutely” hurt Nintendo sales more than Microsoft. I tend to avoid the whole iPhone vs. Nintendo DS debate, as the devices aren’t really competing against one another. Fils-Aime, however, sees it as more of a volume and time battle, and that makes sense.

I’m not an industry analyst, I’m a gamer. I have been since my brother and I used some inheritance money to buy an Intellivision back in the early ’80s. And although I have my favorite systems (I’ve become a Nintendo fellow as of late, owning both the DS and Wii), I can appreciate the strengths of each system currently on the market. I don’t have access to the Microsoft and Sony platforms, but I find plenty of other ways to fulfill my video gaming needs. And because I review games for both Appletell and Gamertell, I probably spend more time playing games than a working man and father of two should. Productive? Perhaps not, but my broad exposure to the gaming lifestyle does make me question the logic behind articles about how the iPhone will take over the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP for handheld gaming.

Find out why after the break.