Why are handhelds often seen as inferior or not as important as home consoles?

[Ganoncrotch]

JRPGfan said:

"Why are handhelds often seen as inferior or not as important as home consoles?"

Because of the games that are usually sold on them are smaller budget type games.... smaller overall.

Generally that means the gameing experiance is too, some of that is due to the graphics/sound/screen ect being clearly inferior.

This is true in a lot of cases but one brand alone completely turns this theory on its head sadly, Pokemon, arguably the biggest gaming brand in the world right now, the only place you can find a true Pokemon game? On a handheld system, the N64, GC, Wii and even Wii-U all have console spin offs of the franchise and for the most part they are an absolute shadow of the true experience only available on handheld systems.