Proof Nintendo can have console games on mobile. ARM is the future.

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SonytendoAmiibo said:

SpokenTruth said:

90% of the power of the X1 comes from the Maxwell GPU, not the ARM CPU.

10 watts is still a lot for a mobile device.   That's what a top end tablet uses now.  25 to 30 watts would be way too much heat for a small form design to dissipate.

But the mobile tech is advancing fast. Another few years from now and we will see crazy processing power in phones and tablets with minimal power consumption. Plus with new types of data storage like solid state drives and holographic memory our portable devices might as well be our consoles too. Just dock your tablet to the TV (for more power @ docking station) and bluetooth a controller to it.

Mobile today can run 3DS games, maybe bigger games in fact, but it doesn't. We don't get games like Fire Emblem and  Zelda on mobile. People on mobile are playing Clash games, card games and such. I think an iPad Air 2 could run a few PS3 games (I guess!) but they're not coming.

 

SonytendoAmiibo said:

Here is a link to an article that shows kids today use phones and tablets on road trips much more than dedicated handheld gaming devices.

Will these kids grow up and buy a home console or a powerful tablet for gaming. Their consumer choices will shape the future of gaming.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/272973/Kids_getting_smartphones_at_10_as_portable_console_popularity_shrinks.php

Children play whatever their parents buy and their friends are playing. Once they find out what console gaming is (GTA, Zelda, CoD, etc) and they like it, they just go and buy a console. Otherwise, they just keep playing their Clash games.

My point is, it's all about audience. An iPad Air 2 could run many great Steam games today, but devs just don't relase those games on iPad, they've got other "mobile oriented" games to release there.