Frequency said:
Too bad the reality is mobiles have a far higher use ADR, a far higher base of actual gamers and far higher revenue on games, so they can whine about how it 'doesn't count' all they want, they can be hypocrits and claim mobile games "arent real games but the facts remain facts, the mobile market absolutely trounces dedicated handhelds in both overall user base and game playing user base.
Yes not every mobile tablet or iPod user plays games but you can bet your ass of the 3bln+ android/iOS/wm users worldwide, even if only 1% played games regularly, that's still 30,000,000 gamers, but to say only 1 in 100 people play games on their phones is laughable.
Mobile isn't going anywhere, that's why Microsoft and Sony embrace it with thier own phones, and why Nintendo tried to snag a share of the pie, mobiles tablets and iPods are all gaming capable devices, even if someone installs only one game and plays that game just once, it still counts.
But reality falls on hand covered ears, you can't teach people things they refuse to hear. |
I think English language is too poor in this department to get across what I think when you compare handheld to mobile gaming. In English you only have "game". In my language (Polish) there are two different words - "gra" and "gierka", which perfectly tell us the difference between handhelds and mobile games, even though both translate into "game" in English. "Gierka" is something like a small or very simple game. It's exactly what mobile games are. They aren't full blown games (gra), they are just little small and simple experiences (gierka), thus satisfy different needs and cather to different market. You're not the one bringing light to a blind crowd. You just fail to notice that there is a huge difference in quality between handheld and mobile experience, which causes these markets to be two different ones. Thus all your numbers and calculations just mean nothing.
Also I agree with Tbone, somebody who downloaded a free version of Angry Birds isn't a gamer.
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.