kowenicki said:
VGKing said:
spurgeonryan said:
NintendoPie said:
spurgeonryan said:
It is true in America as well. Ipads, pods, and phones and any other type of tablet such as kindle, galaxy and Nook are pushing through. Kids these days could give a crap about Mario. They did not grow up with him. All they know is that they cannot afford a 40 dollar mario game. What they can afford and do more with are free apps, facetime, free phone time and texting with the pod, free, free, free. Kids want that, because then they do not have to think about going out and buying games or having their parents do it for them. Now even if they want something that cost money the lazy parent just says do not spend over 20 bucks today and leaves the credit card.
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Ryan... a lot of kids still love Mario and still grow up with him. Even the Preppy people I hand around sometimes know what Mario is! One girl loves Mario Kart. She also played SSBB before and she adores her Wii. I never thought I would witness her say she like Mario. Another is in love with Pokemon... yet never talks about it because it would ruin her "image." I'm sorry, but you are wrong.  (In a sense.)
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Ninpie...just look at Nintendo numbers in the West. Everyone of my kids and their friends have some sort of isomething or tablet. Even my younger ones ask fro a ipod or pad for Christmas and there birthdays, my youngest walks around with a fake toy one pretending that is an iphone instead of playing his DS or 3DS.
Maybe that is how you feel and your friend, but obviously is not the case for every kid. You have said yourself many times over, that you have little money and are saving for a Wii U and Animal Crossing and pikmin. Ipads give you thousands of free games and apps and everything else at the touch of a button. Tell me that kids do not want that.
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iPad -$500 with many crappy free games that you get bored of in a few days
Wii U - $300-$350. Will have free to play games such as that Ghost Recon game. Retail games will range from $40-$60 and will last your kid months.
If you buy your kid the iPad, he'll always want to have the newest model. Good luck telling him no and him hate you.
Like I said in a previous post, smart people will buy a home console over an iPad.
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I was talking about handdhelds....
I have been continuously abused for suggesting that smartphones and tablets/pads will seriously affect dedicated handheld sales...
you may aswell continue the tradition...
off you go.
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As long as 3DS and Vita are affordable, they don't have to worry about any tablets or smartphones.
People buy tablets to replace their laptops, not their handheld game consoles.
People buy smartphones to make phonecalls, not to play games or use apps.
Dedicated handheld consoles will always have a place in this industry. Will sales be affected by other alternatives? Of course.
But in the end if a handheld ends up a failure, it would be because of bad marketing and lack of games, not because of the iPad.
