Who thought it was going to? o.o

pachter says it sometimes and pachter is god. 

LMAO, Forbes responds to Polygons horrible article!!!

I wonder how Ben Kuchera will respond. Maybe he'll finally just shut up.

Forbes! Why the hell are you taking Polygon's article seriously?!

Forbes Contributor :/

Of course not, everyone who games on mobile is poorer for it. Games just lack that special something you see on dedicated handhelds and consoles (for the most part).

Let's hit this with some cold hard math in a real life scenario.

Say you have a child whom you're buying Christmas gifts for

Would you rather:

Spend $400+ on a new iPad that has F2P games that have near-unlimited amount of microtransactions that go to your credit card as your child uses it.

Or $200 on a 3DS with a new Pokemon or Mario game on it.

Even though Nintendo sells 3DS games at $20-$40 each -- they are still more price competitive than Apple for the fact that their hardware is more price competitive and easier for parents to manage.

Thank you.

I consider all you think otherwise to be stupid. It makes no logical sense.

Hate to hit the thread with some reality:

Last year despite the launch of Pokemon X/Y, 2DS in the West, Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion 2, etc. Nintendo suffered their lowest handheld yearly sales shipments since 1997, that means under the GBC, GBA, or DS they've never had yearly handheld sales as low as they did last year. Let that sink in for a second. And this year Nintendo is projecting even lower sales than last year even with the New 3DS in Japan.  

I don't think the problem with a "new" iPhone or iPad is so much that the parents go out any buy the newest model for their kids asap. It's more like they might buy the new iPhone or iPad for themselves and guess who gets their old iPad/iPhone? The kids. Who then proceed to download games for it the first chance they get.

So why pay $170-$200 for a 3DS plus $30-$40 per game when as a parent you can just get yourself that new iPhone and give your kid your older iPhone 5 or something?

Even Miyamoto has said he is worried about hand me down tablets/phones taking over their market. 

3DS is doing OK, but it's not selling on par with the DS obviously but not even the GBA either. Lets not kid ourselves into the thinking the market hasn't been dramatically altered. 

This is exactly the issue. Nintendo has to complete against hand-me-down tablets and smartphones. As you said, why pay $200 for a DS and $30 per game for your child when I can just give them my old smartphone when I upgrade every two years.