Soundwave said:
Personally I think what's happened is tablets/phones are too good at pleasing the itch for casual gaming today and they do so for free with monstrous variety so casuals never get tired of playing because there's always new games to be had. Even the people who said "b .. bu ... but Wii/Rock Band/social gaming was always about getting up off your feet and playing with others! Smartphones don't replace that!" ... they kinda do in the sense that tablet games for example are easy enough for a parent to play with their child and bond with together. I see parents playing with their kids or 2-3 kids gathered around one iPad all the time. Just like the arcade is still to this day a unique experience that a home console can never 100% replicate ... but from the Dreamcast era onwards home consoles could do a good enough job of approximating the arcade experience that at least in the West the arcade went extinct basically. |
Yeah, fringe gaming and casual entertainment has become completely enveloped by the smartphone/tablet craze. This is really not surprising.
