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okr on 12 January 2011
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Cheebee said:
okr said:
Cheebee said:

I'm not sure why so many people would want portable versions of console games on their handhelds.

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 Also, such a direction makes much more sense, from a business standpoint. Just look at PSP vs DS for proof.

On the other hand the announced 3DS lineup suggests that it will get lots of portable versions of console games either. Much more than the DS.

True that. Big reason for that is the hardware itself, obviously with such strong hardware you'd expect developers to want to create more console-like games. What can you do?

Nothing, and that's why I don't care. I buy far too many games for my systems anyway.

If people want handheld versions of console games, that's perfectly fine imo. DS has e.g. Mario Kart, to name one extremely successful example (and many Nintendo fans hope for a SSB handheld version), PSP has God of War et.al. And can't you (and I) wait for Okamiden, a handheld game based on a console IP?

As long as excellent, original IPs are still created for handhelds (Advance Wars, Prof. Layton, Scribblenauts, Ace Attorney, Patapon, LocoRoco, Lumines to name a few examples), the game companies can bring as many "handheld versions of console games" as they and their audience want in my opinion.