DanneSandin on 05 March 2014
| Fusioncode said: It's underperforming everywhere but Japan. Handheld gaming is dying and nothing short of erasing smartphones and tablets from existence is going to reverse that trend. |
There's actually nothing that indicated that handheld is outright "dying"; it's shrinking alright, but dying? I think that's too early to tell actually. Most people agree that this home console gen will see a decline in HW sold compared to last gen; does that mean the home consoles are about to die as a market share? No, probably not.
As long as phones and tablets have the control methods they currently have (ergo, touch screens without haptic feedback) I think there will always be a niche market for handhelds - even if there's only room for one console.
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