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It's not surprising. There are some pluses with mobile.

The screen quality is generally gorgeous, a modern iPhone or Galaxy has a far, far better screen than the 3DS or even Vita do.

With increasing phablet phones the games are easier to play as there's more screen real estate.

The chipsets in some of these new phones are nothing to scoff at either, the newer chipsets would smoke a Vita and New 3DS head to head (whether or not games actually tap all that power is a different question though, but some are starting to).

If that recent Apple patent for a pop up home button that transforms into a joystick ever happens ... it's largely over for dedicated handhelds IMO. The lack of a directional input is the main thing holding iOS/Android games back, remove that and many new genres of games become far more playable, more than enough to satisfy most people's portable gaming itch.