Gamespot: Is handheld gaming doomed?

[Andrespetmonkey]

TruckOSaurus said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

I just don't think handhelds will be a wise business decision for anyone (with the exception of maybe nintendo solely based on their IPs) in 5 years for the reasons I stated earlier and the fact that the market that want in-depth gaming experiences on a dedicated handheld seems to be shrinking, and more and more games being developed for IOS/ANDROID are in-depth "hardcore" games. I think the controls argument is valid, and it's really the only one that holds any weight but I don't know if handhelds can be justified by controls alone in the future or if controls will even be a problem on IOS/ANDROID devices in 5 years. 

We'll see.

I'm gonna have to ask you to backup that fact please.

Fistly I shouldn't of phrased that with "the fact that" and I should of stressed the "seems". But I get this impression from PSV sales, 3DS software sales (3 of the 5 bestselling 3DS games are casual games), and from the people I know, hardly anyone gives a shit about Uncharted on Vita or MGS on 3DS.