Capcom dooming handhelds in Japan: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS

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famousringo said:
The trend developing is that premium mobile games will window on handhelds before moving to mobile platforms. That is, they'll sell a new game to handheld gamers early for $40, then a couple years later, sell it to mobile gamers for $15. Just like how movies soak people at the box office before being released for paid download, and finally for streaming.

As long as handheld games keep selling okay at $40 prices, this trend could go on for some time. But the next step is for handheld games to be designed with the idea that they will eventually be ported to mobile.

I actually don't see a future for 40 dollar handheld games.. Actually a lot of developers and publishers don't see a future in it.. Clearly the support has dwindled the last few year in an alarming rate.. I think you'll see a lot more mobile games ported to the handhelds with full content and of course smaller games then called under the hipster term: indie 

I would love to see sales and revenue comparision with for example the Lego games, EA sport titles and more on ios and the handhelds.. I think that some franchises are doing much better on mobile then they ever would do on handheld..