| fireburn95 said: Pretty much what Jack Tretton said, the console gamers dont migrate from console, they just use their phones as a fix for that few mins of bedtime boredom. This was a threat, but with strong new gen sales, is it proof that console gamers towards end of ps3/360 lifecycle only abandonded console (seemingly) because they were getting bored of their 6 year old hardware?
If anything, I think it's moving in the opposite direction now. Mobile games are moving mobile gamers towards the consoles moreso than ever before |
I don't think you can say this definitively.
The console has been impact by smart devices, but just in a different way for Sony/MS. What the home console has become now is basically the home for high-budget, big screen experiences almost entirely.
Games that are kind of "middle budget" or don't subscribe to the theory of being a violent/action/movie-style blockbuster tend to struggle. Even Sony and MS are showing signs of this, as LittleBigPlanet 3, Sunset Overdrive, Tearaway, Puppeteer, etc. basically flopped.
There is less room on the console side for simpler/middle-tier games because people still like home console, but the home console is now becoming more and more strictly for the "big game" experience, whereas smart devices are filling "sweet tooth" for people who want simpler or medium tier experiences.
I don't really sense movement from the casual side to consoles either, the lady playing Candy Crush on her iPhone to me is unlikely to buy a PS4 for Destiny. More likely the Destiny player is likely to download Candy Crush on their phone to play while they're out of the house.
