Development costs tripled with new generation handhelds

Develop-Online.net reports that due the NGP and 3DS being very complex to develop for and being much more console like.. Developing costs will  skyrocket . According to JC Connors of Griptonite Games a launch title for the 3ds costs 3 times as much to develop as a DS title.  
 
further reading: 
http://www.develop-online.net/features/1150/The-portable-revolution  
 
this explains for me  the relative high prices for 3ds games.  
 
what do you guys think, should handhelds games, aim to be console games on the go, and be priced as such. Or do they provide a nice balance between the android and iOs games on one site and the console games on the other site. or should those games have iOs/android price?

Good. Maybe now we'll see a decline in casual garbage. 
 
@MX said:

" what do you guys think, should handhelds games, aim to be console games on the go, and be priced as such. "

I'd say the writing's on the wall about AAA game price. If it costs higher-end developers that much more to develop games on portable machinery, it will cost buyers more too. 
 
This probably doesn't mean the end of sub-$50 games on the 3DS and NGP, though. In a world that is increasingly indie-oriented, smaller games are still going to sell for much less than that, mostly through digital services. That doesn't really give the 3DS much help given Nintendo's track record, but Sony should push that aspect hard if they want their gadget to sell.

Development costs aren't going to triple for the majority of NGP games, because devs are just going to do rushed ports of their PS3 games rather than develop brand new games for the system.

" Development costs aren't going to triple for the majority of NGP games, because devs are just going to do rushed ports of their PS3 games rather than develop brand new games for the system. "

" @MattyFTM said:

" Development costs aren't going to triple for the majority of NGP games, because devs are just going to do rushed ports of their PS3 games rather than develop brand new games for the system. "

Same for the 3DS as far as I've heard.  But not for PS3 games obviously.   "

" @Brendan said:

" @MattyFTM said:

" Development costs aren't going to triple for the majority of NGP games, because devs are just going to do rushed ports of their PS3 games rather than develop brand new games for the system. "

Same for the 3DS as far as I've heard.  But not for PS3 games obviously.   "

Uncharted 3 on the 3DS.   Confirmed. "

" Develop-Online.net reports that due the NGP and 3DS being very complex to develop for and being much more console like..