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Mike_L on 06 December 2013
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superhippy420 said:
Mike_L said:
Soundwave said:
Rychussnik said:
Soundwave said:

 

Try getting a teenage or college guy to play a Vita or 3DS infront of a group of girls he likes (ie: on a bus or during lunch break at school/college). Not happening. 

Looking at your smartphone though? Smartphones are "cool", playing "Game Boy" is not, it implies you're a juvenile. 

I'm not saying that's the way it should be, but really there definitely is that stigma still. At least in the USA/Canada, for sure. Probably the UK too.

Sony is running into a brick wall trying to sell handhelds to this audience, the PSP had a good first few years in the US, but it fizzled out by about mid-cycle. 

 

This is indeed the case in UK. 3DS is for kids and core Nintendo fans. Vita caters for young males but the only "handheld" they would ever play in front of others is a smartphone. Sad but true (at least here).

Sony should rather put all those great PS1, PS2, PSP and Vita games on a regular smartphone like the praised Xperia Z1.


That has been true about handheld video games for teenagers for a long time though.  I used to play by DS at school and people would always look at me funny.  I have a Galaxy 3 are most games are either terrible or dont even work. The ones that do work are so filled with ad's that I just turn it off.


I agree 110%. That's why it's sad. Smartphone games are not at all like games on dedicated gaming devices! Saw this http://vimeo.com/68470326 and I couldn't stop thinking of all the garbage app designers. I'm a digital designer myself and I shudder just hearing the words "app", "Facebook", "Instagram", etc.

PS1, PS2, PSP and Vita games on smartphones would still mean bad controls but at least kids wouldn't grow up believing garbage is acceptable.