5 Reasons The PlayStation is Toast

[DanneSandin]

happydolphin said:

DanneSandin said:

It's like you said; it's a different time now. Very few 3rd party titles are exclusive nowadays, which would mean that almost every JRPG would be available on other consoles, which in turn would render an Apple console useless for core gamers since there would be no other core games on it. So I still fail to see the point where an Apple console would damage the hardcore market =)

:) That's not really what I meant by "it's a different time". I meant more about JRPGs not being as dominant and industry-swaying a genre as it was 20-15 years ago.

As for multiplatforming, I don't think we really see that with handhelds just yet, take FFIV as an example. Two completely different takes released at different times for the DS versus the PSP. Also, why would they waste time porting if the game makes so much money already on mobile platforms?

To be perfectly honest I don't know which games have been ported to mobile phones and how well they have done or how well they play. I just don't think JRPG's will be enough to make an Apple console (iPlay?!) popular within the core community. I wouldn't pick it up, that's for sure.