Nintendo's Questionable moves, 3DS difficulties

[Jumpin]

Seece said:

Jumpin said:

I don't think there's really any threat from cell phone applications to real games; it's like saying that people will give up eating proper meals bought at restaraunts and the grocery store, because they can by a candy for 1 cent at the gas station.

 

Sure there is a place for candy, but they're never going to take the place of a full meal.

Not entirely though, but I imagin a lot of people actually have switched to gaming on an iphone or w/e rather than DS because it suits their needs more. Silly analogy ...

Your imagination is one thing, but do you have any data to back it up? The DS has outsold all other gaming consoles to ever be launched. The mobile phone market is not effecting DS, in the same way that the flash game market is not effecting console games.

You didn't take my analogy fully into consideration either. When people buy a mobile phone, what is the main reason they are buying it? When people go to the gas station, what is the main reason they are going there? How about people going to a restaraunt or a grocery store? How about people buying a dedicated gaming console?

People who go to the gas station might get a snack just because it is convenient to do so; and the same thing for people who buy games on phones. If people want a meal, they go to a restaraunt, not the gas station; the same way that if gamers want a full and original gaming experience, they go to a gaming console, not a mobile phone.