| Squilliam said: I think you're forgetting the massive rise in smart-phone/tablet video game market as well as the perpetual rise in internet/flash based games. The market is much broader than two handhelds from Sony and Nintendo respectively, Sony is even competing with themselves with their Playstation store for Android. |
To be honest, I HIGHLY doubt either market is going to incredibly hurt the other. They will coexist like digital distribution and physical formats. People game on those devices out of convenience and availability. But the fact remains, that main reason people get those phones is to call and text people. It would be like saying that as smartphone get more apps to be more like PCs/laptops, people will stop buying them, which is completely ridiculous. Another fact is that even before the DS was released, gaming on phones was growing, yet the DS has become Nintendo's best selling console. The PSP has even become a success, which may go on to sell on par with the GBA, even in a market that also houses the HUGELY successful DS system.
And on the console side, it doesn't seem like those things, or OnLive for that matter, are hurting that market, either.
