Rabu, 22 Agustus 2012

Portable Consoles Are Better Than Mobile Phones and Tablets, Nintendo Says


Nintendo is quite confident that there will still be a market for dedicated handheld gaming consoles in the near future, as true gamers realize that a 3DS or a PlayStation Vita deliver better experiences than mobile phones or tablets.

The gaming industry is changing rapidly and the portable gaming segment is seeing some intense shifts in recent years, as mobile smartphones or tablets are starting to seriously contend with dedicated handheld consoles, like the Nintendo 3DS or the PS Vita, and, according to analysts, portable devices will soon be extinct.

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata, however, begs to differ, and told Kotaku that gamers would always see the value of a dedicated device.

"I think a lot of this discussion is based on the premise that the handheld gaming device market is shrinking or vanishing and I don't think that is true," Iwata said.

He also noted the impressive sales of the 3DS and revealed that, "even with this flood of free games and whatnot for these portable devices - [these] non-game-centric devices – are not keeping people from purchasing software for dedicated hardware."

Iwata also touched on the issue of the cheaper games available on mobile phones and the much more expensive ones for the 3DS or the Vita.

"The other thing is how much are consumers willing to pay to play. I think that consumers who are willing to pay money for a gaming experience are looking for something that is more rich and are willing to spend some of that valuable time on that experience," he said.

"I believe that as environments change and as the world progresses we're going to have different ways in which people want to spend their time. That being said, I don't think we're going to see the desire to have, again, rich and deep sort of gaming experiences... we're not going to see that vanish. That's not going to go away," he added.

Given the fact that Nintendo has just launched the 3DS XL, the company is quite confident in its portable gaming business.

Via: Portable Consoles Are Better Than Mobile Phones and Tablets, Nintendo Says

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