Yep, I agree with you. Nintendo might have big market share but they can't give use the games what we get on Vita Like Indies, console quality game worlds, Sony IP's etc., on the go.  Nintendo games are good for fun for long hours but i like more new short experiences and adventures as I have life and wouldn't want to spend most of the time just playing the games which expects to grind because time is precious and its worth more in real life than spending time on games like RPG which most people do.

No one can take Nintendo out, except for themselves. 3DS is a moderate success, but Ninty's sales are now a fraction what they were in the DS+Wii boom, and profit is gone.

Don't forget the Sega Nomad...

I agree. Its just more people and the original ones will be the minority.  Like actual hardcore gamers are the minority today and those who are called  hardcore are actually mainstreamers (who wish they would be hardcore xD)

Its just sad that even some devs dont understand it  or even if they do  stupid people that owns stock of those dev studios/publishers dont understand and whine about stuff like  "why does Ni no Kuni  sell so much worse than COD?!" ....

Lets hope there will always be game studios that make real games for real gamers.

Lol is this meant to be serious?

Those are phones, not handheld gaming consoles, with many, many different functions, the primary one being.. talking on the phone. NOT gaming. Totally, TOTALLY different markets. I thought that was common sense..

That's like comparing PC sales to home console sales..

The Game Gear was pretty cool, but that battery life (about four hours, right?) and requiring 6 batteries was really a killer.

I agree, and despite Nintendo's attempts make the 3DS its first handheld failure (price, selling 3D as a gimmick, horrible launch lineup), they're just too good at it. Once the games got rolling it seemed easy for them. I even feel that most their games are becoming better suited on handhelds than on consoles, especially Mario games and Animal Crossing both which have driven the 3DS recently much more than on consoles.

One thing Nintendo seemed to forget during the 3DS launch was which games were the most important. Nintendogs 3DS failed miserably and so did pilotwings resort and Brain Age. These types of games are easily substituted for in the phone market and they failed to recognise that the DS didn't have that competition back then as it was the pioneer of touch games. I hope Nintendo take a lot from this generation and realise that they need to innovate more instead of taking their foot off the pedal just cause your last consoles were successes. Luckily they got it right this year especially.

And one thing they got the advantage over the phone industry is the price. The 2DS has just killed it, might be Nintendo's best move since the Wii.

GP32 was not a failure at all. It was actually the first successful console in South Korea, and spawned a series of handhelds. It's true that the line was discontinued in 2011, but the GP32 itself was by no means a failure, given that it spawned a line of handhelds that lasted a decade. If you NEED a failure from the GP line, at least choose the last one, Caanoo.

At this point, it would be extremely difficult. Nintendo has a following, they have established properties and franchises, and they have a huge amount of resources invested in keeping it going.

I'm not sure they've ever had any real contenders, though. First, it would take a massive amount of money and, second, dedication that matched that of Nintendo. Sony is the only one to match them when it came to what they could invest in the market but they didn't come close in terms of dedication. Handhelds have always been second-fiddle to Sony. They've never tried to generate the same amount of handheld content as Nintendo and thus were not serious challengers. I don't think they ever assumed they would "win" that market, they just wanted a share of it.

Only an enormously wealthy company with capital to invest in hardware, marketing, and studio development would have a shot. Oh, and they would have to be Japanese.