| Mummelmann said: Are people seriously still arguing whether or not the mobile/tablet market is devouring dedicated handhelds? The fact that the Vita/3DS combo is struggling to meet 50-55% of the DS' numbers in the same time frame and where the DS actually had a viable competitor should be ample proof of this. The dedicated handheld is going away, and like I said in 2011; the 3DS is the last of its kind. |
Nintendo apparently disagrees. It's already been announced that they are making a new Handheld. Unless that turns into the "Fusion" thing, which is even a worse idea.
I also have doubts that the mobile market is devouring the Handheld market. Before the mobile market exploded (GBA), they had 80 Million or so sales. When the mobile market started to blow up (DS Lite/DSi, not original DS) the DS sold 150 Million. Now people are estimating that the 3DS is going to sell as well/a tad less than GBA.
I agree that the mobile market has definitely taken away attention from dedicated Handhelds, but not enough to make the dedicated Handheld market (or just Nintendo, more specifically) die or shrivel up to just a small thing. A lot of the deductions from last generation are because of the PSV's absolutely horrendous performance.
