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oniyide on 30 March 2016
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freebs2 said:
oniyide said:

sure what they offer is different, BUT to say they are going to be a good secondary, would have to entail their is a PRIMARY and if they are not the primary then wouldnt they be in fact inferior? 

Consoles arent even in the same markey as tablets and phones, im not quite sure why you brought them up to be honest. Im talking strictly home consoles. And for me they could be seen as equal. But as we see the vast majority arent seeing it that way.

It's not a matter of being primary and secondary. It's more a matter of being complementary. Yes, they should be a good complementary (but you can also call it secondary) option for those who prefer other devices as thier primary choice, which doesn't exclude being a primary choice for a different people or a different target. Take any handheld for example, it is a commonly accepted they're mainly targeted at kids - meaning they are a primary choice for many kids, but at the same time they're also a good complementary choice for many home console players.

Also if we talk about games, consoles, smarphones and tablets are in the same market, but they don't compete with each other yet since their not seen as substitutes.

Complementary is a slightly better term, but the wording you used was secondary. And you are right, but lets be real here the Ninty console is most likely gonna be the complentary/secondary one, hell ninty said something along the lines like that when it came to Wii U. They got handhelds on lock though so no issue there, but how many console owners would buy a handhelf as a complentary device? Here's another question, how many people are even buying more than one console these days? judging from the sales i cant imagine many, they could be buying handhelds as a 2nd gaming device ill concede to that.

If they are not seen as substitutes how could they compete? If a person wants to buy a tablet they are going to buy a tablet would be weird if they all of a sudden wanted a PS4 instead.