Apple-Logitech pairing a potential Nintendo handheld killer - :~O

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Frequency said:

Seece said:
I just can't imagine people caring about mobile gaming so much??? Surely if they're that into gaming they'll get something more suitable????

Gaming is gaming even if said game is just a simple block smasher. One only needs to look at the download and revenue count for games like candy crush and the naver line games to see that in both peniteration rate and title revenue, the mobile device obliterated Nintendo and Sony handhelds combined a long time ago.

If we compare raw numbers for example, as of 3rd of jan 2013 Apple had shifted 500m IOS devices, having moved 100m since July, 2012 to Jan 2013, we can then safely assume that number is now closer to 600m.

If we compare then just apple devices, with nintendo and sony handhelds, we see the following.

DS - 154.77
GB - 118.69
GBA - 81.51
3DS - 34.25

389.22m total for Nintendo

PSP - 79.85
PSV - 5.75

85.6m total for Sony

Handheld total: 474.82

So combining ALL handhelds by nintendo AND sony together, is still 25.18m less than iOS sales figures, 9 months ago.
and this is just apple devices, not including the hundreds of other android based phones available.

Don't kid yourself people, mobile took the handheld crown a long time ago, in both device sales and revenue, people just like to make excuses as to why mobile doesnt count to make themselves feel a little better.

I haven't got a single game on my smartphone. My sister doesn't have a single one. My parents have never even entered the app store on their phones. Every single handheld purchase on the other hand was made to buy and play games. See the huge difference? Mobile took the handheld crown just as bread took the mobile crown (damn man, this bread sh!t sells about 500m every single day!! Imagine that!). You don't buy a phone to play games. You buy a handheld to play games. I'd really want this whole mobile gaming market to start declining, cause it's hurting the real gaming market without bringing much of value to the table.

The only exception is going to be when next gen tablets start supporting SteamOS and the Steam controller. That's when I'm gonna buy a tablet to play games and most probably kiss my handhelds goodbye. Current mobile devices won't kill the handheld market. SteamOS can.