rocketpig said:
I thought I was the only one who noticed this. Oh well, I predicted the NGP would crash and burn the day it was announced. My stance hasn't changed on the product. Handheld gaming is a market of diminishing returns. Smartphones are crowding in on game space and unless you offer something completely different that is heavily reliant on your own first party offerings, I don't see the handheld making it for long. I don't even see Nintendo doing that well in the handheld space this generation. |
We can't say it's a market of diminishing returns. DS and PSP between them have made a market bigger than the entire console market was last generation, and bigger than the entire console market is this generation (though that may change as the consoles have varying amounts of life left in them). While 3DS and Vita may not achieve that level, it's way too soon to make that call. All we're seeing on the Handheld v. Smartphones front currently is the coincidental drop-offs of two devices late in their lives and the slow start of one device in its infancy vs a market that's finally starting to hit its stride and is less cyclically designed.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
