Is mobile gaming no longer a threat to console gaming?

[KBG29]

I don't think mobile was ever a threat to home consoles, but Android and iOS definitely were, an still are. Sony and Microsoft are doing a great job of broadening the scope of thier consoles. PlayStation Vue and Sling TV should help keep people usng their marketplaces for live tv, on demand, pvp, digital video, and with PS Vue DVR as well.

Both Sony and Microsoft will have to continue to add more and more non gaming functions to thier devices if they want to compete with $200 or less set top boxes, and $80 and below smart USB sticks. Many, many, many new avenues for accessing console quality games are poping up, and making these super cheap an super versitial low cost boxes perfect alternatives for the yearly COD player.

If Sony and Microsoft continue to stay ahead of the set top box and smart sticks, they could potentially grow the console market to its biggest base ever. With live tv they will be moving the console from a special use device, to a commn function device. This will make even the most casual and occasional user much more comfortable with the devices. With so much function and versitilty, they should see a huge trend away from people getting up to use the pc, and instead browsing the web, shopping, and social networking right on the television.

As for Nintendo. I see no future for them in the platform holder market. They have so many things they need to do to even begin to compete with MS, Sony, Google, Samsung, and Apple, that they may as well be a start up. unfortunate, but it really is the truth. That is why I applaud their decision to look at mobile and 3rd party development. They can be one of, if not the largest softeare developers in the world if they focus on that, and I fully think that is what they should do.