kowenicki said:
ioi said:
kowenicki said:
Wow, I think you are miles off there...
My wife is a very casual gamer, she had a DS that she bought and occasionaly played... now she has an iphone. Shes happy with the iphone and using my ipad2, she would never biuy a dedicated handheld ever again. There will be millions just like this.
Also, I agree with what you yourself say "3-4 years from now almost everyone will have a tablet by their side". That, along with smartphones, will be enough for the vast majority of people when it comes to handheld gaming.
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YOUR iPad 2. Does she like playing the games enough to fork out £500 to buy one for herself at this stage? - 1.
In the short term, how many people spending £140 on a 3DS are going to consider a £400-500 iPad as an alternative?
Also, I think the consideration of a tablet as a handheld gaming machine is misguided. Of course the iPad is portable but I think it is more in competition with a PS4 than a PSV. I think most people using a tablet at the moment do so at home, not so much on the move. When the direct linkup to TV comes in the next year or two, tablets will be seen as a controller for the TV or a way of having your own version of what is showing on the TV - pretty much exactly what Nintendo are targetting with WiiU.
I think the issue here is considering tablets as being in competition with portable gaming machines rather than all gaming machines.
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1. She is getting one for christmas....
2. Decent Android tablets will be easily attainable for £250 within a few months.
You seem to be trying to make a case that Sony and MS have more to fear from the advent of tablets and smartphones, I think you are completely incorrect and we shall very soon I guess. I think the 3DS price cut wont do anywhere near as much as some think and in the longer run, the 3DS wont get anywhere near DS penetration. Meanwhile tablets and phones march on and on.
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Why compare the sales of the 3DS to tablets and phones. That's an unfair comparison. There's only one 3DS and many versions of tablets and phones,so of course those 2 are going to do better in sales,plus there used for other things.
