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wfz on 16 August 2012
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chocoloco said:
wfz said:

There really isn't anything to be afraid of. Except for the possibility of some of your favorite gaming companies (ex: Sony) going out of business due to putting out products consumers don't care enough about. Outside of that, gaming will move on and continue to evolve with 30 million LoL players, 15 million Battlefield players, 10+ million Skyrim players, 25+ million 2D Mario lovers, etc, etc, etc. There is room for all different sorts of gaming experiences. You nor the fans who share similar tastes to you will magically disappear.

 

Oh and for the record, I have absolutely nothing against mobile platforms.

Your biggest mistake in your thinking is confusing console and pc gaming with portable gaming. These games you mention are not portable games except for 2D mario. I do not think anyone thinks moblile platforms are affecting consoles as much as they are portables. The games on consoles are too different and more adavanced than portables can currently do. Nintendo and Sony will lose out in the hendheld business, not the console business. Hence the title of the thread.

I am not confusing anything. I realize handheld platforms are dying and mobile is on an upswing. Those games I mentioned were actually all *console* games (I meant the NSMB on the Wii).

With the handhelds dying, people are afraid that these cheap mobile games will wipe out the handheld games that people traditionally enjoy. Yet at the same time, people are also admitting that mobile platforms are receiving more and more complex games. Look at the megaman game that was just announced.

These game styles people love won't just disappear. If for some reason handhelds and consoles both die, you can bet that those franchises and game styles will still be made for whatever platforms are thriving. As long as the audience is there, the sales will be there...