I see what you did there.

Sebastian Kramer = Legend, easily my favourite analyst


I think Rol would like to see this too: http://www.3dsbuzz.com/3ds-forum/threads/yet-another-analyst-makes-a-worthless-and-totally-wrong-prediction-not-pachter.572/

ohh damn didn't see it's from sebastian kramer! that explains a lot :)

In the long term, I dont think gaming on homeconsoles and handhelds will exist in USA. Japans gaming industry almost made as much money as American gaming industry last month.

sorry but it's true.  with the movement to mobile in the east, tablets in the west, smartphones and new services like onlive consoles are going to contract.  people are still going to be gaming...just not on consoles as much. 

it won't happen as long as tablets don't have the same quality for games. people who play halo, uncharted or whatever won't stop buying a console if they would have to play it with worse quality/controls on tablets. and if they would have the same quality, there wouldn't be a problem with a replacement. and you can't use it to play these party and family games which means, casual gamers who use consoles for that won't buy a tablet as wii or xbox with kinect or whatever replacement. i don't see my brother with his son and daughter sitting on a couch with three tablets having fun together...

so, as long as tablets won't get much  better games and controls, they won't replace consoles. and if they will be as good as a xbox or playstation, i don't see the problem to use a tablet on a tv to play the same quality games.

It's true.

I won't be getting a PS4 or WiiU. Instead I'll be getting an iPad 4 or 5 for my next console.

Oh snap!

I don't think the ipad is touching 360/PS3 much at all TBH. They compete for very similar consumer with almost identical libraries and if you consider the sum of their joint sales you have to figure saturation and length of time on the market is the main issue.

Take just the US, between 360/PS3 60 million HD consoles have been sold - 60 million! Even allowing for the people with both (sure to be the minority) that's a huge amount of market penetration. That's a lot of people with access to CoD, Netflix, etc. and more or less the same experience.

He describes the Wii correctly but people aren't switching to sitting with an ipad on their laps at home vs a console - I just don't buy that for a moment.

So this means that Nintendo with their own copied iPad will be cutting even more of those PS360 sales?
Touch generation >>>> HD generation