The iPhone 3G is here.

With it comes Apple’s much anticipated application store on iTunes, as well, bringing free and pay applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch — including games.

The application store has launched with a whopping 41 different games, running the gamut of genres.

* Total Games: 41
* Action/Adventure Games: 9
* Casino/Card Games: 8
* Family/Kids Games: 8
* Racing/Arcade Games: 8
* Puzzle/Strategy Games: 8

The highlights so far: “Super Monkey Ball,” “Bomberman Touch” and “Enigmo.”

If Apple’s latest hardware is being taken seriously as a gaming platform, how does it stack up against the launches of the DS and PSP?

The DS launched on November 21, 2004 with 11 titles — “Asphalt Urban GT,” “Feel the Magic XY/XX,” “Madden NFL 2005,” “Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits,” “Ping Pals,” “Rayman DS,” “Ridge Racer DS,” “Spider-Man 2,” “Mario 64 DS,” “Woods PGA Tour 2005,” “The Urbz: Sims in the City.”

The highlights: “Mario 64 DS,” “Mr. Driller” and “Feel the Magic XY/XX.”

On the other hand, PSP launched on March 24, 2005 with a whopping 24 games — “Ape Escape: On the Loose,” “ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin’ Trails,” “Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower,” “Dynasty Warriors,” “FIFA 2005,” “Gretzky NHL,” “Lumines,” “Metal Gear Acid,” “MLB,” “MVP Baseball,” “NBA Street Showdown,” “Need for Speed Rivals,” “NFL Street 2 Unleashed,” “Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory,” “Ridge Racer,” “Smartbomb,” “Spider-Man 2,” “Tiger Woods PGA TOUR,” “Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 Remix,” “Twisted Metal: Head On,” “Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade,” “Wipeout Pure,” “World Tour Soccer.”

The highlights: “Ridge Racer,” “Wipeout Pure,” and “Twisted Metal: Head On.”

How do you think the iPhone stacks up?