| Jizz_Beard_thePirate said: Well, if the Vita would pick up some slack, then maybe it wont look so scary... Nintendo can't backpack everything with the 3ds... But I do think that dedicated handheld gaming will do just fine |
I think so, too, although I'm not so sure about that last sentence. Certainly mobiles are eating into the dedicated market somewhat, but gen over gen comparisons are at least a little deceiving because the Vita is a horribly mishandled product that would have performed significantly worse than the PSP under any conditions. It's the same mistake made by those who, prior to the PS4/XBO launches, were predicting doom for consoles because the Wii U was selling so poorly.
On the other hand, there is a tendency for these things to become self-fulfilling prophecies. Third parties are clearly not very interested in handhelds anymore, and if they become convinced that mobile is the future and handhelds are a dead end, it will become so. I wonder just how much of the DS->3DS decline is due to the lack of third party games. It's definitely a big part of the reason I haven't bought one.
