Capcom: Hardcore gamers have left dedicated portables for smartphones

[Mr Khan]

Squilliam said:

Mr Khan said:

Squilliam said:

The smartphone game market is growing rapidly, remember the iPhone passed the PSP in America in 2009. I would suggest that worldwide the PSP2 will never retake that number 2 spot. Infact the only question is whether or not smartphones will pass Nintendo over the next 5-10 years.

If we set the two against each other so narrowly, certainly, but then all console fans should despair before the might of the PC

The PC is very mighty now. The future is fusion afterall.

True, but the model is still set to be preferable to consoles for some time to come. Physical interface is still very limited on PCes especially, and PC controllers are still an enthusiast venture, and the more popular casual games on the console side require yet more intricate interfaces that would be hopelessly obscure on PC, not to speak of Broadband infrastructural problems that prevent easy Cloud gaming from getting broad enough to supplant the physical-media based consoles

We have a decade or more for the current system to live healthily (more on the console side, less on the handheld side)