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Dante9 on 26 January 2016
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spemanig said:
Soundwave said:

"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. 

I never said different meant better. That's not the point I was trying to make.

Like I said, I like mobile games. I have no problem with mobile games, but they are not a replacement for handhelds. Not because they are worse. They are not worse. Some are better. That's not what I'm getting at. They are literally designed differently mechanically. They do not have the same skeleton. That's the point I'm trying to make. Your traditional games comparison is what I'm on about. When you say "traditional/deep games," I'm saying "handheld and console games." 

Mobile games do an amazing job at what they do. But they are not this evolution of the handheld. They are a different beast. It isn't "gaming on the go." It's its own brand of games, biologically different from handheld games.

If people want to play "deep games," thats what handhelds and consoles are for. Handhelds are for playing "deep games" on the go. Phones are for playing mobile games. It has nothing to do with the "portable side of things." It's the games and the platform. Want mobile games? Play on your iphone. Want traditional games on the go? People buy handhelds for that. Still. There is a market, it is still large, and I think it will get much larger with the NXDS when the platform is finally as modern as its tech peers, something neither the 3DS nor the Vita were. Not talking about power. I'm talking about firmware and UI.

 You're too close to your favorite handheld to see this. Let it go, man.

The truth is that handheld gaming has gone mobile. There's no going back, at least not in the west.

If you game on the go, you're not going to game for hours on end. Your phone is all you need for that short stint and you'll have your phone with you anyways, no matter where you go. On the other hand, if you're the kind of gamer that puts in some serious game time, you do it on a home console or a PC. Online shooters are also a big part of the latter and that's just not feasible on handheld devices.

Your argument that handheld games are different from mobile games doesn't really come into it at all. This is how the market works now.