What I simply cannot believe is that after all these years in the industry, and looking at the failures of previous companies' forays into the handheld market attempting to dethrone Nintendo (and usually failing miserably), Sony STILL hasn't gotten one simple fact through their thick skulls... the market for handheld devices dedicated to gaming has always skewed young. And yet Sony continues to by and large ignore the under-13 crowd while trying to appeal to the 20 and 30 something techie / hipster crowd with sleek, powerful handhelds that are jacks of all trades but masters of none.
Nintendo (up until the launch of the 3DS) has always made great handhelds that were...
1: Affordable
2: Durable / good battery life
3: Kid friendly with a library of games to match.
All of Nintendo's competitors released handhelds that were the antithesis to these three things...
1: More expensive
2: Not as durable / poor battery life
3: Not as kid friendly with a poor library of kid friendly games.
Until Sony changes their attitude towards the handheld market, they might as well just give up on it and focus on their home consoles for the time being.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
