The 3DS vs PSP2 (NGP) battle: Who will win the console wars ?

[Grimes]

HappySqurriel said:

Grimes said:

The iPhone 5, iPad, and next generation of Android phones and tablets will win. Software wise I will give the edge to the iPhone because piracy is too big on Android.

For total number of units sold, software on the iPlatform will probably dominate ... but the revenue and profits of producing a 3DS or PSP2 game will dwarf the iPlatform games for the foreseeable future. The reason for this is simple, the average iPlatform game costs $1.66 (from source I checked out on google) while the 3DS games will be $40 and PSP2 games might end up being $60; and while iPlatform games can charge $5 or $10 per title, these games (even at their much lower price) tend not to sell as well as a typical handheld console game.

Yeah, but a lot of developers are switching their good programmers onto the mobile development teams. The rate of growth on these handsets is growing like gangbusters and as consumers become accustomed to buying software the revenue will grow.