curl-6 said:
zorg1000 said:
Yep and that's exactly what I'm trying to say, its way too early to determine if handhelds are truly dying. Its only one generation of decline and the previous generation was 3x as large as any previous generation, which can potentially mean the market has returned to its previous baseline.
Another thing to take into consideration is that 3DS was developed before smartphones & tablets truly became huge meaning it wasn't developed with those in mind. The next handheld will be the first to be fully developed in a post-smartphone/tablet world so we have yet to see how Nintendo plans on adapting to those devices.
In not saying a decline can't or won't happen, of course its possible but its also possible that the damage from mobile is already done and the next handheld will sell similar or that a better designed device can increase sales next generation. I'm not optimistic nor pessimistic.
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I dunno, I am feeling very confident in my pessimism here. The rise of mobile effectively eradicates the need for a portable for the average consumer.
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Well people were saying the same thing about dedicated gaming consoles in general before this gen, and the PS4 is well on it's way to 100 million worldwide, So I think we've all but seen that the general consumer isn't what drives the gaming industry.
All Nintendo has to do is make a handheld that's appealing and has great software to inspire a user base and just like with the PS4, the sales will come.
