| Conina said: Yes, I know. 1. But not every smartphone user wants to play games on that device and only a fraction of the smartphone / tablet gamers are going to pay more than 5 bucks for a mobile game. And many mobile games profit from real stick and buttons, 2.the accessories for smartphones are still clunky or way overpriced and lack compatibility. Many smartphone users also don't want to drain their batteries while gaming and lose their accessability by phone for the rest of the day... 3. with an additional device they don't have to worry about that. I too have doubts that we will see another dedicated handheld from Sony but 4.why the hell should they end the production of PSVita devices and shut down the PS-Store on the Vita in the next years if they are profitable and don't "bleed money"? The product is already on the market, what's done is done, R&D costs have been spent. |
All very good points...
- This is true, but its easily rectified. The average smartphone gamer is a casual gamer. Their idea of a game is cut the rope or temple run. They are so in and out that they won't even consider spending money on a game if those expenses weren't somehow hidden from them. But if the only thing that turned a smartphone/tablet into a dedicated gaming mobile platform was some sort of controller add on, then its requiring less of the dedicated handhled gamer to buy a controller for their phone at $30 than to buy and carry an entirely new device that needs it own power source. If there is no other option for mobile games than on smartphones, those willing to pay for games will be there to pay for them too.
- Accessory design is a moot point, just look at console controllers 30yrs ago. I actually have sketches for a foldable controller that give you all the functionality of a PS3 controller but can be folded to around the size of a cigerret pack. Working my way towards getting it on kickstarter. :)
- Additional device.... thats the problem.
- they may be profitable, but only marginally so. And there is so much else that goes into supporting hardware. At the end of the day, $100M spent here to make $120M back is never as good as $100M spent here to make $500M. Thats what makes a shift in focus better.
