12-03-2012, 03:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2012, 03:02 PM by DarkMalfunction.)
I'm starting to think that handheld consoles are going to be beaten by tablets. People, with me included, were saying "yea, angry birds, that no-ones ever played for more than 15 minutes in one go is never gonna beat a massive RPG!!!1"
But now, look at the amount of games that recently made their way onto the app/play store top apps dealie in the last 6 months. Look at how many best seller games came out on Vita or 3DS last month.
The Vita should be the Vititanic, and the 3DS ain't exactly selling like hotcakes either.
The problem is that it's harder to justify spending the money on a console when it plays movies or music and games, whereas a tablet or phone can do much, much more. The same for developers, its much more cost effective to develop a game for a smartphone or tablet than it is for a console.
Maybe if they were more integrated, like maybe if the rumoured Microsoft built Windows 8 phone came out, and it had more XBox integration and controls like the Sony Ericsson Play (But look how that took off xD) Man, I'd buy one. Or two
/my two cents
But now, look at the amount of games that recently made their way onto the app/play store top apps dealie in the last 6 months. Look at how many best seller games came out on Vita or 3DS last month.
The Vita should be the Vititanic, and the 3DS ain't exactly selling like hotcakes either.
The problem is that it's harder to justify spending the money on a console when it plays movies or music and games, whereas a tablet or phone can do much, much more. The same for developers, its much more cost effective to develop a game for a smartphone or tablet than it is for a console.
Maybe if they were more integrated, like maybe if the rumoured Microsoft built Windows 8 phone came out, and it had more XBox integration and controls like the Sony Ericsson Play (But look how that took off xD) Man, I'd buy one. Or two
/my two cents
