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Soundwave on 26 January 2016
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spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

I think you're wrong on this. In the past the only way to play games on the go was to have a dedicated portable really. 

Smartphone games honestly are pretty decent for what they intend to do ... which is to burn a quick 20-30 minutes (even though some phone games can be quite addicting and can be played for long sessions too). People generally don't have like hours on end to play a video game outside the house. 

There's going to be nothing "easy" about the next-gen for Nintendo, this is going to be a war. 

Smartphone games are also huge brand properties these days, there's more marketing for phone games than for anything else in the industry, even the biggest budget console third party games. I see more marketing for phone games. 

I'm not bashing mobile games. I think they're great. But they are not like handheld games. Not at all. They are designed in a completely different way. That's why it's so easy to spot a mobile title ported to a handheld device. They aren't bad. They are different. Very different. There is a market for mobile games, and it's a much bigger market, but there is definitely still a large market for gaming on a handheld and it's indepentent of the mobile market.

I also never said it would be "easy," so you're quoting nothing.

 

"Different" doesn't mean better though. Yes we all know dedicated game handhelds are better for traditional games. 

But by the same token I think it's fair to say, mobile games do a good enough job at entertaining, and are honestly far easier to pick and play most of the time, which is good for casual players and young children. Anyone can understand touch. 

If people want to play deep games, I think honestly these days that's what the home console is for. You have your 50 inch HDTV sitting at home with your $300-$400 console, people would rather just leave that type of gaming itch to the big boy console. 

The smartphone/tablet takes care of the portable side of things. 

We underestimate how much the tablet has changed domestic life too, like I said kids have a tablet or phone flung into their face before they can walk these days. It's not just games either, I know a lot of kids that basically watch all their cartoons on the tablet too.