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Nuvendil on 23 September 2015
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Soundwave said:

I don't really see it as a big deal.

I've said it before but it's like a guy sitting in the middle of a McDonalds or Burger King complaining that there's no steak on the menu and no wine list, no waiter.

Some people just want a damn hamburger and fries.

That's what tablets/phones are tapping into. A lot of people simply don't want to play complex, depth-based games on the road. For starters most don't have the time to sit down and play for 60-90 minute sessions when away from the house.

It's just that in the past, there was no alternative choice, if you wanted to play any type of video game on the go, you had to bring your Game Boy/DS/PSP with you, and I think for a big chunk of people that's just overkill for what they want.

For once I totally agree with you :P .  the percentages are deceptive because this is very much like McDonald's and the fast food boom.  That industry is monstrously more huge than the 3 to 5 star industry.  And the percentage of restaurant revenue they eat up is very large.  However, it is because they broke ground on a new demographic and drastically expanded the market, not because they poached clientele from the gourmet food industry.  And the 3 to 5 star dining industry is still around and doing fine because the people who want that can't get it at McDonald's.  So long as there is worthwhile demand, there will be supplier.  3DS isn't selling hundreds of millions, no.  And the consoles aren't going to sell 300mil total.  But they are selling enough to qualify as a significant market and so long as that is the case they won't go anywhere.  Demand is how the market works people.