Is having an extra screen handy really worth the price of a smart phone or tablet(luckily these are devices that many probably have laying around)? I mean HD games have enough screen real estate to put up a decent sized minimap and stats etc. Plus if you have to look down at your tablet or smart phone you may well have paused the game anyway. Now if we see something more like FF:CC then I suppose that wouldn't be to shabby but the same pitfalls apply. Too much capital for a not that much improved gameplay if the user doesn't have one lying around.
The companion app thing I can see as being quite novel. I just don't expect massive gameplay innovation or anything.







