The evolution of the console market over time

[Pyro as Bill]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Does the DS really represent arcade gaming though?  It has a touch screen and stylus.  This kind of control scheme is pretty similar to how a mouse works.  With a mouse you might scroll your cursor onto some icon and click on it, and that is pretty similar to tapping your stylus on an icon on a touchscreen.  The DS controls are actually a move toward the PC direction compared to the GBA.  Also there were some top selling DS games like Brain Age and Nintendogs which used a stylus a lot like how a person might play these games with a mouse.  The DS is definitely an accessible system, but it is also a move toward PC gaming compared to the GBA.  However, Rol says the DS and GBA are equally arcade-like, because he is using the terms "arcade" and "accessible" interchangeably.

Brain Training had you hold the DS like a book and use the stylus like a pen. Arcade-like simplicity.

In regards to point n touch/press/click, you're right it's like a mouse but the mouse was a simple, arcade-like innovation for computers.