Game Freak will only bring Pokémon to mobile if it solves a 'problem'

[DerpSandwich]

tbone51 said:

DerpSandwich said:
I think he basically means that Pokemon will go mobile when handhelds finally die entirely. There will come a day when Nintendo releases a handheld and it fails so miserably that it's obvious the platform just doesn't work anymore, and when that day comes we'll start getting Pokemon and other games on mobile. I don't think it will happen before that time, though.

In other words, no pokemon main games on mobile for another 50 years :P

Looking at the 3DS' numbers compared to the every handheld before it, you honestly think it will take handheld gaming 50 years to die?  I would love it if that were true, but I'm less optomistic.  I see the 3DS finishing far below everything before it, and the next handheld finishing far under that, effectively marking the end of dedicated handheld gaming.  I give it less than a decade for the final nail to go in the coffin.