| KBG29 said: If the Consoles and Handhelds grow, then the market will grow, if they go more niche, and do not offer basic hardware and OS features the market will shrink. If all three manufacturers expand their ecosystems to portable and mobile devices, then there is a huge oppertunity for growth. I also see a massive growth potential with VR as long as it is not restricted to just games and entertainment. All three manufacturers are in good position right now. They are building scalable platforms and ecosystems which should allow them to grow. Expanding beyond the static hardware, and traditional form factors have the potential to bring gaming hardware back to the levels it was at in gen 7 or very likely even greater levels. It all rests in how much money and marketshare each company wants. Hopefully, they all have the goal of being number 1. |
I'm sorry, but I really don't understand how you can believe that they can grow by pushing phone version of their product in an already oversaturated market with no place for new competitors. I've been reading theses threads for months and this idea of your's to have a Switch phone or Playstation Phone doesn't make sense.
Sony already tried pushing games with the Xperia brand and they failed. We can even argue that the Vita has been more affected by mobile devices than 3DS, wich lifetime sales won't be far off from the GBA. Switch is selling well because it does one thing really well, playing games. Sony did the same thing, instead of pushing their hardware with feature like talking to your TV to change channel, they focused on the games. On Vita, they marketed it like a platform that can do everything, but why as a consumer would I buy an other product that can do everything ?
So no, they don't want to fight the big players on the phone market and you don't want them too. The future of gaming is not in the phone market.
