Handheld consoles may soon go extinct

[VanceIX]

hunter_alien said:

VanceIX said:

 

There certainly is. Only problem is if that number is divided by half again, which would result in little to no profit. That's the real danger. 

At the end of the day, the survival of dedicated handhelds boils down to one thing: high quantity, quality software support. If that is mainatined, I see no reason why a company like Nintendo would bail out of the business.

That might just be the problem. Developers are transitioning to the more lucrative and future-proof mobile platform, and soon Nintendo may be one of the only major developers left for their handheld. That is easily good enough for most people, including me, but the average kid no longer really cares about Nintendo's library nearly as much as a decade ago, they are much more interested in the latest mobile gaming fad. 

I think we as handheld console lovers tend to look past the truth in terms of today's market. It is simply shrinking at a worrying rate, and Nintendo and Sony will have to go back to the drawing board to keep handhelds alive. If it means merging with mobile to an extent, so be it.