Nintendo's Questionable moves, 3DS difficulties

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robzo100 said:

Metallicube said:I'm sorry, but people buy a smartphone because they want a PHONE, not a portable gaming console. They buy an ipod because they want a music player. NOBODY, I repeat, NOBODY buys a smartphone for the primary purpose of playing games.

People who want a GAMING console will buy a GAMING portable. Nothing will convince me otherwise. This is common sense here..

Case in point: Apple is not competition to Nintendo, whatsoever. Period.

Consumers' tastes change.  That is common sense.  I think what is clear is that there is a big paradigm shift going on in terms of dedicated devices being overrun by do-it-all devices (smartphones).  That should be clear as day by now, and Apple is the forerunner.

Society's tastes change overtime because of drastic changes like these.  If everybody already has a phone, and it is capable of playing some sort of game, consumers may start to ask themselves why they feel the need to spend 200-300 dollars on hardware, plus 40 dollars on additional software.  Not everybody who owns a Nintendo, Sony, or MS console is hardcore enough to retain their taste in a particular hobby down the long haul.  They eventually settle for less, especially when it's convienent.

So are you predicting the death of the home console because everyone has to own a PC or Laptop anyways, and all these systems have the ability to play readily available inexpensive games?

Both dedicated systems and all in ones have their own advantages and disadvantages, and because of these different advantages/disadvantages the systems tend to be used in very different ways. This creates an asymetric market where both platforms can co-exist and their growth is dependant on their own merits.