famousringo said:
pedrron said:
Squilliam said:
noname2200 said:
Squilliam said:
They can't get mass appeal games? How many Nintendo handheld games have exceeded 50M sales?
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Wait...how many cell phone games have managed this? o_O
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Just the one that I know of thus far, however it ought to be expected that as the Smartphone market is growing substantially that another 2 or 3 will follow over the next couple of years.
The game is Angry Birds by the way.
Sorry, my mind is fizzled as I got talked into smoking weed last night, I split three joints between the two of us of some very strong stuff and im not a regular weed smoker by any means.
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One, 1, juan, uno. One .99 game selling 50M is gonna topple Nintendo selling 100M over only 5 games at lets say an average price of $25? I fail to see your logic. Also, weed should only give you a 1-2 hr buzz tops (really its less).
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#Nintendo_DS
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Why the fixation on price? Being cheaper than the incumbent is part of what disruption is all about. Plenty of dead incumbents spent their last hours counting up fat revenues.
While 50 million people are playing Angry Birds, they can't be playing New Super Mario Bros. at the same time. Get it? Smartphones don't need to sell a single $25 game to completely eclipse handheld console gaming.
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I'll admit price isn't everything. However, I still see games on smarthphones as filler. I play games on my blackberry when waiting for something. Games sell (in my opinion) for two big reasons. Fun and immersion. Yes there are games on smartphones that are def fun and or immersive but mostly are quick fixes while the real experience is on handhelds.
Smarthphones do many things that make it worthwile but the majority of owners have it for one thing and one thing only: placing and receiving calls.
Sure there might be 50M users playing angry birds while at work, shopping, etc but how many go home and pick it over a much richer experience on the DS/PSP/XBOX/WII/PS3?
