Handheld consoles have always played home to home console version (GB was on par with the NES, just monochrome, GameGear was a Master System, Nomad was a Mega Drive/Genesis etc.), apart from the point where Nintendo completely dominated the market after the original Game Boy and so held back the GBA tech due to having no need to progress, something which wasn't really addressed until Sony released the PSP, hand held gaming has always been about "console" games.
I don't really get the thread, is it meant to be, should handheld games be exclusive releases?
I spend up a lot of time commuting to and from work, I want to enjoy full gaming experiences. I think it's absolutely fantastic that I can enjoy games of such high quality on the move. I had a 4 hour train journey today, that was completely demolished by being engrossed in FFX. PS2 and PS3 versions could not have done that, and that is why I love high quality software on handheld systems.
As for mobile phone games, meh, don't know why anyone would want to waste their time on 99% of those games with such better options available. I guess it just shows that the "real" games market always was a lot smaller than people believed.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
