(09-13-2016, 08:12 PM)Koh Wrote: [ -> ]I wonder if it'll have a slim edition. We know it's a common practice with consoles to release a different sized version later, lol
dude, lmfao, the PS4 SLIM was announced alongside the Pro.
Unless you're talking about like a PS4 Pro Slim
(09-13-2016, 11:17 PM)Koh Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, someone needs to keep Nintendo as not a monopoly on handheld gaming. You'd say the smartphone market is the competition, but the mobile market isn't seen as the same as the handheld market, because of the types of games. Sure, there are legit full length engaging games on the smartphone market, but it's mostly overloaded with casual, micro-transaction type games. If Sony dips out of the handheld market, who will keep Nintendo in check?
this...sounds more like your opinion. Nintendo's kinda losing out to the smartphone market in Japan, which is why hell froze over and they're releasing mobile games under an agreement with DeNA. Even Nintendo knows their name alone can push app sales. That doesn't jeopardize their console sales, either - honestly, the way their smartphone experiences are set up, it seems they're deliberately trying to rope in casuals with their smartphone offerings to try out their core titles (which are still pretty casual) on their proprietary handheld.
like, the smartphone market IS the competition with its casual experiences, because everyone's got one.
i mean it's completely valid to say that the casual market seen on smartphones can give Nintendo a run for its money, just as how the Wii was the competition to the other consoles of the time. Sure, they didn't actually
compete specs-wise, but Nintendo really pulled the demands waaaay into the casual market, which is something Sony and Microsoft had always struggled to do. It made people who don't usually game...want to game.
Sony's already dipped out of the handheld market for the most part, stateside at least. You can't find a new Vita for sale in a department store ANYWHERE, even if you tried. Hell, even the Vita TV was a spectacular flop too.
Nintendo's courting kind of an old demographic, so to speak - people looking for a core experience on a handheld device. And there's nothing wrong with that - it's just that no one startup or corporation is ballsy enough to challenge Nintendo's deep roots in the handheld market...because they can't.
Which is kind of a shame, too - the Vita feels legitimately like a handheld console for the core market with adult tastes with an AMAZING selection of titles that cater perfectly to that niche. The only problem is that it's doing just that - catering to a niche, and that's not quite enough for Sony to possibly release a new handheld that, compared to Nintendo's sales, no one's going to play, lol