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[ Editor's Note: As Nick Olsen is a writer for Theory of Gaming, this won't be counted in the monthly Vox Pop prize. However, it is very much a worthy read. ]
By Nick Olsen
Co-founder, Theory of Gaming
In 1985 Nintendo started a revolution when it...
[ Editor's Note: As Nick Olsen is a writer for Theory of Gaming, this won't be counted in the monthly Vox Pop prize. However, it is very much a worthy read. ]
By Nick Olsen
Co-founder, Theory of Gaming
In 1985 Nintendo started a revolution when it...
It's been an ongoing debate for the last couple of years at least about whether iOS and Android devices have completely taken over the portable gaming market to the point that gamers no longer want or need a dedicated handheld gaming device like a 3DS or a PSP. It is kind of easier to just haul your phone with you everywhere instead of adding in a gaming handheld as well, especially since so many "hardcore" games have been and are currently being ported over to iOS and Android.
sandineyes
Joined: May 2008
Rinnon
Joined: Nov 2005
I'm not going to buy a 3DS or a Vita for the sake of having a "portable" gaming console. I'm going to buy it because they are going to put games on it that I want. I already want a 3DS for Mario 3D, Mario Kart 7, Star Fox and Ocarina of Time. The Vita is going to have Persona 4 Golden (that alone is almost worth the cost of the Vita, P4 being one of my favourite games ever). These are games I can wait for a while, but I WILL buy them eventually.
I've owned an iPhone, and I now own an Android. Neither of these systems are offering me the opportunity to play these specific games. As a matter of fact, neither of them offer me ANY games that I would be willing to purchase an entire system just to play. So, unless Sony and Nintendo stop making quality games for these handheld systems, I think there will still be a market for them, even if they do get smaller.
Though following that same train of thought, if the iOS and the Android really want to make a dent in the portable gaming market, they need to start offering some seriously substantial games. Give me an actual full on New Mario game for the Android, or a full blown JRPG. Give me THOSE kinds of games, and we'll talk.
Maffew
Joined: Jan 2012
The chance to play games akin to limbo and super meat boy on the go is what tickles my pickle. Ive no doubt smart phones and tablets could, with a simple periphiral meet my needs. Alas neither the harware nor the software is there.
dirty_f
Joined: Nov 2010