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Frequency on 06 October 2013
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Scisca said:
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.

Individual cases don't equate to an overal trend.

Install acounts, however, are a nice indicator of usage.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.SJLGRUSH&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.SJLGPP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.naver.SJLINEPANG
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.gungho.pad

Price of a title doesnt make it any less of a title, nor does complexity or format, just because you and a few other people don't play games on your phone doesnt mean thats the same for everyone - not everyone has a 3ds, it doesnt make it any less of a handheld console.

again, people just like to discredit and discount the mobile platform as a gaming device because it messes with the loosely held belief that their console or platform is in some way suprior - in effect what you and others are doing is the same thing people argue about when the xbox and playstation fans say nintendo consoles are for casuals and not "proper games", exemplified by your attitude towards wishing the demise of the mobile market because its "doing harm" to "proper games", its a very hypocritical attitude to on the one hand defend your console against "casual platform" claims and suggestions that your games arent "proper games" then to turn around and do the same.

A mobile phone is purchased to be used as a mobile phone - however many, and were talking tens of millions, buy phones for the entire experience - or are you implying that if games are not a primary function theyre not REALLY gaming platforms? because if thats the case, i know a fair few PC users that want a word with you.

Essentially you cannot write of mobile devices because of the price or lack there of, of games, the simplicity or the complexity of games, the small format, or F2P nature, nor can you write it off because the hardware isnt specifically built for games - however i would argue that in this day and age that is a poor assumption - mobile devices are coming equipped with purpose built GPUS these days. what has graphics processing got to do with making calls? andddd with that you have your answer.

Fact of the matter is, they are games, and the hardware is capable of playing them, so by and large, like it or not, when a device is capable of playing games, it is by definition a gaming system.

So tired of seeing people talk crap about mobile gamers, or mobiles just because the numbers oblitorate their beloved consoles.