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

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IkePoR said:
Where are all the people that want to play games - to play games - at?

I ask myself that question every day. Why are folks dumping all over handhelds? Why not celebrate more options and more games?

Maybe it's just the exclusionary machismo of the "hardcore" gamer. Or the lust for things bigger and shinier and thus more expensive and less sustainable.

Oh well. When the industry inevitably drives itself off a cliff at least I can take comfort in knowing we all packed handhelds for the long trip into the abyss.