@KaosAngel said:
@TruthTellah: I bought a Vita on base from a guy who sold it for $150, and all I did was buy MGS HD and FF7. The older I get, the less and less I use dedicated handheld devices because I just don't have the time. More and more people my age, and those nearing it are using handheld less and less.
Fuck me silly, I bought The Walking Dead on Steam and just a few days ago bought it again for iOS because I realized I don't have the time to play it on my PC. I finished the first two chapters on my iPad and iPhone due to the cloud saves on all iOS games. It's just hard to play games on a dedicated handheld when my mobile is right there in my pocket.
I definitely understand why it's more convenient for you personally, but that isn't necessarily the case for many or most people who buy iPhones. And while the iPhone 5 is nice, it's still not a dedicated gaming device.
It's like the idea that something like the Wii has to directly compete with the other consoles and PC gaming. The Wii has its own kind of games on it, and the other consoles have their kind of games. There are a lot of games that simply require different hardware. The iPhone and other mobile phones share in this similar market of different games for themselves. And the 3DS and Vita have games that just aren't possible or optimized to a mobile phone. You can have both in the market. They're different enough in form and function that they can exist as different devices.
And as far as sales of a smart phone brand vs that of a dedicated videogame device, the comparison is less than useful. Vastly more people are in the market for a smart phone than a dedicated handheld. But they want a smart phone. They're not looking for the equivalent of a gaming handheld. For those who -are- looking for a dedicated handheld, they tend to still want them and value the games only available to play there. People suggested the 3DS was failing thanks to people just getting smart phones, and then Nintendo just got better games and a more competitive price and the 3DS has become a reasonably successful handheld. Smart phone sales will always be higher than videogame sales, because it's simply a bigger market. It's a more general use product often tied to a near necessity for modern communication. But when looking at the specific interests of those who have bought gaming handhelds for years now, dedicated videogame handhelds still have a fine place in the mix.
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