| Mr Khan said: Content content content. All these technology problems can be handwaved if Nintendo has the right games, and that's where the debate about the DS' future should really be.
E3 will be very telling about the future of the device |
Games will be the only thing selling dedicated game devices. It sounds stupid to even say this because it should really go without saying, but the PSP was an attempt to make a multi-use (video, music player) handheld, that while being a pretty capable device, was made a bit redundant by the AppStore/iPhone for any user who didn't feel compelled to play God of War everywhere they went. Ultimately, it was the games that remained the best reason to buy a PSP.
As far as Nintendo handhelds go, I have to say that the whole "glassless 3D" has been the first time Nintendo has been marketing a tech edge as a means to push platform adoption. The DS was never pushed as a cutting edge device, but it had expanded market games (Brain Age, fitness trackers, cook books, sudoku, etc. ) that allowed Nintendo to market the device to an audience beyond the typical Mario/Pokemon portable gamers.
So with the 3DS, once again it will be the ability of Nintendo to sell the platform to the expanded audience in the current market of iOS/Android apps. It's safe to say regardless of how well they do this, they will always have the Nintendo demographic. Unfortunately, that isn't an expanding group.
