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Casuals- It seems handheld gaming is because its really simple easy and fun and that is what casuals want. They want to have something that is easy to pick up and play rather than sit down and play. They also don't play as much which handheld gaming is well adapted for. You could pick up a ds and a game and have fun right away rather than a home console you have to get used to the game and play more than a few minutes more like hrs. It is also a cheaper option than home consoles. Soon I could see the handhelds outselling consoles 2:1 do to more casuals joiningin on the fun. The only exception is the Wii because it provides many party games that have very little depth and are fun right away. 

Traditional(hardcore)- Now the more traditional gamer plays games alot more and like depth in their games. THey usually don't like party games. Now most gamers buy a handheld for fun when they are away from their console but most of the time they prefer the home console. They also don't care on the price as much as casuals because gaming is a major hobby to them. I could see the hardcores turning more of half and half soon where they play games that are small ,and easy,but fun while also play games with depth, story , gameplay, and just epic. I think the best combo of a hardcore gamer who also likes some casual games is a hd console, Wii, and ds. The wii and ds have games that appeal to both demographs. 

SO casual= handhelds while traditional=home consoles.  Overall= Both in future Handhelds

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I personally think handheld gaming is the future, the reason is because its portable. I wont go further into this since I dont feel like typing a long essay formated paragraph.



 

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I guess you could handhelds are more popular since they sold more.

But you could also say that consoles are more popular because people play way more on consoles than they do on handhelds.

I agree that handhelds are more casual but I don't see it being the future. Just imagine the things they could accomplish in the future with consoles.



cool48 said:
I guess you could handhelds are more popular since they sold more.

But you could also say that consoles are more popular because people play way more on consoles than they do on handhelds.

I agree that handhelds are more casual but I don't see it being the future. Just imagine the things they could accomplish in the future with consoles.

 I'm saying handhelds will sell more in the future not that they will replace consoles. 



Handhelds is the future of videogames.



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cool48 said:
But you could also say that consoles are more popular because people play way more on consoles than they do on handhelds.

Are there stats to back this up?  Not saying it isn't true, but not sure we should just take it as gospel.  Many people will go weeks/months without touching their console but will play their handheld multiple days a week

Obv hardcore gamers play their consoles 10+ hours/week and likely don't play handhelds that long, but hardcore gamers are a smaller segment of the total gaming population

It'd be interesting to see a study done; consoles will likely come out on top, but i bet not as much as u may think



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