iOS expected to become world's biggest gaming platform by year's end (Lol)

[sethnintendo]

kowenicki said:

BenVTrigger said:
I denied it for years but one thing has become clear to me.

Iphones are affecting handheld sales. I always said this wasn't true until we started selling Iphones and Ipods. No joke people are litteraly buying them just so their kids can play games on them. And yes I'm serious.

I never though any of that was true and was just the industry fabricating drama but trust me folks its 100% real I'm beginning to see it first hand.

I have been saying it (and being abused for saying it here) for a long time now... but its an unstoppable trend.  Dedictaed handhelds are an endagered species.

There will be at least another generation of dedicated hand helds.  Hell if Nintendo can profit off just 20-50 million sold they would probably still crank them out generations to come.  Sure, Nintendo could just stop making consoles and become a 3rd party developer which some people really want to happen.  However, they are determined to be in the hardware department so they can utilize the system to their preferences.  They have been focused on controls for awhile (which is why they won this generation in home consoles) so I highly doubt they will throw in the towel and start making games with touch only controls for smartphones.  That would be a sad day. 

d pad + buttons > touch for 2d platforming