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Metallicube said: Just like PCs and home consoles, I believe the two should be able to co exist, because they are entirely differnet products deisgned for different things. Handheld consoles will never become obsolete, just like home consoles never will, because there will always be a sufficient audience out there that will want a machine deticated primarily to gaming, as I do, and many I know. |
I mentioned this in the last post (thought not directed at your comment then). You say these markets are seperate because of how different they are...
Are they becoming more differentiated? Or are they becoming more similar? You mention PCs and home consoles as an example. Reflect on the current state of these two platforms for a moment... TVs are starting to become a hub for many of the utilities and functions that were originally designed for a PC (internet, file sharing, even having social apps like twitter and fb on your tv). And phones and PCs are also starting to blur the line between there once unique utilities (just look at any apple product of course).
If their functions are starting to collide then that means the markets are starting to collide. If the opposite was happening then the markets would be seperating and your claims would be true. for now I won't even argue whether or not people still want their hardcore games (I'm including all 3 big players in their right now). You can have that even if I disagree... but I think it would be hard to argue that once specialized devices are still retaining, let alone increasing, their unique draw of specialized utility.
In other words, I'm only granting you one or the other. You can say people still want their hardcore gaming, but the reason can't be because the markets are seperate, or that they are continuing to seperate. What do you think?
