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Mummelmann on 28 February 2016
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RolStoppable said:
Mummelmann said:

I remember a few years back when people were calling me, rocketpig and kowenicki and some others ridiculous when we said that the handheld market would be eaten by mobile and convenience gaming. Well; here we are. Hard to explain that decline, especially when you tally in the atrocious Vita sales on top of this.

That's why I've kept this post bookmarked: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3961947

Less than 20 days left for Super Mario or Mario Kart to release on smartphones. It's not going to happen. Likewise, the 3DS won't be the last dedicated handheld console. I mean, come on. The 3DS has been the best selling dedicated gaming hardware in Japan by far, so it's preposterous to suggest that there won't be another handheld.

So the people who called you guys ridiculous for your predictions were right to do so.

Last handheld =/= last dedicated handheld. There's a difference. I don't believe Nintendo, or anyone else, will release another handheld console with very few non-gaming features as extra selling points. We have no idea what they have in store but the DS concept is on a decline and they need something else.
The jury's still out on kowen's statement; within 5 years time could be sometime on 2016, we're only in late february yet (but I don't think we'll see main franchises with bigger budget installments on phones or tablets soon).

"So the people who called you guys ridiculous for your predictions were right to do so."

See; here's the thing, they weren't. I nearly got my head chopped off when I suggested that phones and tablets would harm the sales of dedicated handheld consoles, it was a pretty good call back then (despite being obvious in hindsight) and wasn't a very popular opinion.