Is Sony handheld gaming's last hope?

[sethnintendo]

Joelcool7 said:

I agree but unfortunetly these share holders could very well destroy the handheld market. If share holders loose complete faith in handheld gaming and pressure their companies to abandon it. The industry could very well implode at the hands of idiotic share holders rather then directly from smart phones.

Look at the steady drop in Nintendo's shares with 3DS? Or Capcom's drop of over 8% when they announced MH4 for 3DS or Square's shares falling. Investors in all of Nintendo's supporters and in Nintendo themselves are trying to push Nintendo out of the handheld industry. Investors trying really hard to get Nintendo to go and develop for iOS and Android.

If Sony's investors do the same thing Nintendo's investors are and all of Sony's third parties have investors that act similar to Capcom. We could see the handheld industry shot to shit.

So directly no smart phones can't kill of handhelds. However indirectly with the help of moronic investors they could actually see that goal achieved.

Pretty much 100% agreed.  That was basically the message I was kind of trying to convey yet it was worded a lot better then my little rant.  I don't think Nintendo will buck anytime soon because of investors.  I believe the investors will keep crying foul for the next 1-2 years until the sales numbers slap them in their face.