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Gamers Abandoning DS, PSP In Favor of Smartphones
donniebaseball23 writes "IndustryGamers reports on new research from Interpret, which shows that more and more people are turning to their phones for game time, leaving the DS and PSP behind. 43.8% of the phone/DS/PSP gaming market plays games on phones, which represents a significant 53.2% increase over the past year. At the same time, Interpret says that the proportion of those who play on the DS or PSP has fallen by 13%. The company notes, 'Gamers appear to be defecting from their handheld gaming devices to phones to get their gaming kicks: a full 27.2% of consumers who indicate that they play games on their phones only (and not on the DS/PSP) actually own a DS or PSP, but do not actively use the device(s).' Notable games industry analyst Michael Pachter also recently commented that handhelds continue to decline and Sony's much rumored PSP2 would be 'dead on arrival' as smartphones continue to gain steam."
Yesterday the Playstation Phone was detailed. Sony Ericsson also already has a long history with mobile phones. Now, Nintendo might be in trouble here..
And they'll soon find that the games for smartphones are limited, and crap. Therefore moving back to their handheld consoles.
This might work for some genres but the staples of gaming, platformers, shooters, etc, require the precise control of a d-pad.
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I've also found it is easier to play games on my phone that I carry on my person because I need it rather than the psp I leave at home because I don't need it.
Isn't the PSP2 going to be an Android Playstation Phone?
The only thing dead on arrival is this speculative article.
Regardless, I own a Motorola DROID and until they release games like "Zelda: Spirit Tracks" for my phone, I'll need my DS.
I would speculate that this is growth of the gaming market and not replacement like the summary seems to imply. I can't argue with the numbers but my gut would say that people who game on their phones do so on both devices. And nobody's going around buying a phone just to play games on so the DS & PSP still fill that market exclusively from cellphones.
a full 27.2% of consumers who indicate that they play games on their phones only (and not on the DS/PSP) actually own a DS or PSP, but do not actively use the device(s).
I'm not saying this quote is wrong but I am awfully suspect of that figure. They claim an online sample size of 9,000 but they don't say how many of those actually own both a gaming phone and PSP/DS. I would be interested in the hard numbers.
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Yes there are some nifty games on the iphone, but I'd prefer a dedicated portable entertainment device (the touch fits the bill quite nicely as well), over using my smart phone since after a 4-5 hour flight, I'd rather still be able to make a phone call. Get those battery performances up and maybe I'll consider ditching my portable gaming device.
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Methinks you mixed up your tabs.
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Phones just have a much larger market right out of the door. PSP/DS are toys. They're for gamers, and seen by many as for children. But everyone has a phone, and it's not seen as childish to play games on them if you've got some time to kill. Phone games also have a lot more casual games than PSP/DS.
you're obviously too dumb to post under the correct story. maybe you're just "mental".
Hearing it but not seeing it. I'll stick with my PSP and DS so that my phone's battery isn't drained when I actually need it. Come to think of it, my PSP and DS also have better active use battery life than a phone does. Until that issue is resolved, smartphone gaming will never overtake handheld console gaming. Also, smartphone gaming requires you to actually OWN a smartphone. I'll stick with my relatively simple phone that doesn't give my carrier a chance to "accidentally" charge me for data minutes I didn't use. All it needs to do is make/receive calls and text messages (and frankly I could do without those too).
Correction: Some regular people (not gamers) are turning to their smartphones for gaming. Gamers are people that have a discerning taste for games. Smartphone game quality is lacking (as are controls) when compared to a dedicated mobile gaming device. I've tried several smartphone games, and they are little more than time wasters. You play them a few times, and probably forget about them in a week. There are several titles for PSP that I actually make time to play. There are NO mobile phone/smartphone games I will MAKE time to play.
There's a world of difference between a dedicated gaming device and a touch-screen phone in terms of controls. Using a touchscreen for all input or shoehorning in the phone's buttons for gaming controls can't provide the level of control of a d-pad and ABXY buttons positioned exactly where they need to be. Of course the games market is apparently going more 'casual' so perhaps touchscreens are the way to go. Not that I even have a portable games console or a smart phone for that matter so it's all academic. Fuck it, do what you want with your fucking games.
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If slashdot is stagnated, why are you still here?
Are you so useless and/or stupid that you continue to commit time to something you believe is stagnated?
Yes, yes, I know, I'm "NOTHING" and my mum's face is useless and/or stupid.
Oh, and you'll attack my anonymity, too, I suppose.
But how about an honest answer to my question? Why do you come to slashdot if you don't like it? Do you honestly have nothing better to do with your time? Are you a masochist who enjoys (perversely) doing things that make you unhappy?
Do you get joy out of trolling slashdot -- does it make you feel superior when you get people to respond to your inanity? Why would that be? Because you lack fulfillment from any other portion of your life? Are you so miserable and pitiful that the best joy you get in life is from trolling slashdot?!
I rely on my phone to keep me in touch with friends, family and work. As much as I'd love to get one, I'm concerned a smartphone will be a liability if I decided to play one too many rounds of Canabalt on a road trip or checking Slashdot in the checkout line. Instead, I "get by" with an iPod Touch and a dedicated phone. If my touch ever loses power, it's new big deal.
I'm wondering if my concerns are valid, and if so, when news reports start headlining car crash victims unable to dial for help due to one game too many of 'Angry Birds'.
Just because a device can play games doesn't mean it should.
So let me get this straight...when almost every phone you buy these days has games on them, some of them pretty good, people are using the phone they already bought to play them? No way!!!
And for aging older generation handheld game consoles, people are buying them less? C'mon man! How can it be?!?
I'm sure this was put together by some outfit that was paid by someone in the cell phone business to help people along in the decision to spend $250 on a new phone rather than a DS, but cant we at least have something a little bit interesting?
For non hardcore gamers who have phones this makes more and more sense. One device less, always with you.
Win.
Sure, dedicated is always dedicated, but good enough is good enough for most people. Most phones sold in Finland are smartphones by now. Most kids get a phone at 7 when starting school. (Too soon IMHO.)
The supply will go where there is a market to fill the demand.
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My son is 6. He doesn't need a phone, he needs a DS. How many other millions of people are in this same situation?
So the percentage of handheld gaming conducted on solely gaming device fell.
What this doesn't prove is that gamers are "abandoning" the DS and PSP.
It could just as likely mean that the pool of handheld devices that are game capable has exploded.
If you had 150M handheld gaming devices back when phones sucked for gaming, and now there's a billion total - with 200M being dedicated devices and 800M being smartphones that can game effectively, then yes - the percentage that's DS/PSP plummets, while the total number still climbs.
Without some actual numbers, I'm skeptical that it's wholesale abandonment. The growth of the pool is far more likely to me.
so get a job at a different company or start your own. you're obviously too dumb to post under the correct story. maybe you're just "mental".
I already get 30+ paid vacation days a year. You? Now go back to your "help desk" phones, you'll never be more than a code monkey.
So already I can't get popular titles to run on my kick ass workstation with high end graphic cards and monitors. To play them I would have to buy a crappy console and hook it up to my mediocre TV.
Now, people want to move from that to playing on a phone?
Seems we are going backwards here.
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I think you need a "mental health" day away from slashdot. Just saying...
Where is the "Ignorant" mod tag?
The Nintendo DSphone.
You know you want one. You crave it. You'd sell out your own family for one.
Oops, that last bit was supposed to be [subliminal].
Make mine DS!
Sorry but the PSP kicks the ass out of any cellphone for control. The DS as well.
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a few months ago when I was visiting an electronics store, and I saw a load of kiddies around the ipad displayed playing games, while the ordinary nintendo ds section and also the PSP sections were abandoned mostly. Ok it also has something to do with the device actually been usable while the others merely had the usual console displayed but it was blatantly clear where the train is heading.
Add to that that the average handheld game on the ds and psp is around 45-50 euros here while the handheld games are dirt cheap and a no brainer to buy. In the end you spend
more on smartphone games than you would on the average console.
Classical example of low prices sellls more cashwise than the average console game.
What I would say is this is a real thread for Nintendo which always had its stronghold in the handheld gaming sektor from where it could start its console experiments. That stronghold is seriously under attack. And in the usual Nintendo manner they probably will realise it two years after they are stone dead in the market.
Awww you got really butthurt there. Next you'll tell us how you have sex with a different beautiful woman every night of the week.
Gaming on a phone is a matter of convenience. Anyone who's really interested in gaming as a hobby will buy a dedicated device (or a PC), and any serious game developer works primarily (but not necessarily exclusively) with actual game platforms. The fact that the number of casual gamers is increasing does not mean that the so-called "core" gamers are abandoning traditional sources for their games. It just means more people are gaming. In fact, it's entirely likely that some of these new cell-phone-gamers will develop an increased interest that will lead them to purchase a dedicated gaming device when they otherwise may not have done so.
It must be inevitable that all phones out there will soon be able to run games and other apps just as well as iPhone or Android phones do now; giving customers access to the games via easy buying portals and somehow controlling the quality and integrity of the e-store will be another problem to sort out. But I don't know if smart phones will totally kill handheld game machines just yet. Nintendo is keeping itself ahead of the curve with the 3DS. It's only a matter of time before those kind of displays are available in phones, but for now, when matched with first-party software and (it's reported and hoped) a more robust online service, it's enough to make it clear the the 3DS will offer a better gaming experience than a simple phone. The PSP has always seemed to be a misguided attempt to cram console experiences into your pocket, which may be inaccurate, but I still don't see the appeal of it or the PSP2/PSP Phone. But for how long will they maintain this shrinking niche? Nintendo can't release a totally new piece of hardware every few months (and iterations of the same hardware in smaller/sleeker packaging don't count), but the major phone makers can iterate endlessly and catch up more easily. Much as with the Wii has enjoyed an apparent single-generation technological leapfrog via motion controls that will likely disappear when Sony and MS adopt them as de rigueur in their next consoles, what will (or can?) Nintendo do to make future handhelds a place people want to game? They could always continue to publish software, but it's been a very long time since Nintendo developed
The Nintendo DS is 6 years old, I'm not surprised the demand is sinking... It's been running on the same base technology (though in minorly upgraded lite, XL, dsi versions)
However once the 3DS comes out, people will once again get their "Ooh, shiny" fix by buying Nintendos new hand held and enjoying the new novelty.
I love my DS and play on it regularly, because the variety and quality of games on it and will be buying the 3DS.
Nintendo has been teasing us with the 3DS, and you wonder why people stopped buying the DS?
Another reason people are buying phone games over DS/PSP games is price. The handheld games are between 3 and 50 times as much as their iPhone cousins, when the iPhone games are not free.
A third possible explanation is that there has been no significant hardware change/upgrade in the DS/PSP lineup to drive buzz and sales.
The article is pretty weak on analysis or looking for alternative explanations for the drop in sales.
If you want to play a game designed for the d-pad, then you should play that game on the proper platform. I don't want to try to fit Starcraft 2 onto a Nintendo DS, any more than I want to fit Zelda onto an iPhone. If you want to play those games, the best way is to get that platform and play them. I downloaded Golden Axe on my iPhone and learned quickly that slapping a virtual d-pad on an old style game designed for a joystick is not going to be a fun experience.
It's about is the game fun or not. Games that require a d-pad and are not forgiving are not fun on a touch screen, so people go elsewhere. Newer shooters on phones seem to recognise that you have to balance the game play with the fact that you don't have a d-pad but need similar controls. Nova and Eliminate are very popular on the iPhone and are first person shooters.
At the same time, gamers recognize that they have a choice, carry around two devices or carry one. Cell phones are all but required these days. Gaming platforms, not so much. Many hardcore gamers are going to stay with PSP and Nintendo, and that is their choice. However, not everyone is a hardcore gamer. Before people had a choice for mobile gaming, nintendo or Sony. Casual gamers either ponied up the cash or walked away. Now they have a third choice. The games are cheaper, more casual, but still fun. Angry Birds is not a hard core game, and it's got to be the #1 top dollar grossing app across all mobile platforms (it is on the iPhone).
There have been a ton of attempts to come up with a d-pad add on for iPhones. None of them are popular enough or make any sense. The physical d-pad is slowly becoming the niche rather than the norm, and hard core gamers are just going to have to deal with it.
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I commute every day, and after having read through one of the monthly magazines i recieve (Aftenposten Innsikt, articles about everything from nuclear power to oil in Nigeria), i play DS or PSP. Or, at least I used to. That made me "abandon" them is that no good games (with some exceptions) come for them any more. I have a phone that I could probably play on, but I prefer having battery left to actually do phone stuff.
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the lack of a D-pad is why I would never consider "Smart Phones" a true alternative to my DS.
And the lack of indie games on DSiWare is why some other people would never consider a DS an alternative to their smartphone.
I'd probably still take my DS on a long work trip but most of the time if I'm going to play a quick game it's on my phone. Angry Birds will probably keep me busy for a long time.
Games for DPads are designed for auto-aim and loose control.
Not all video games are first-person shooters. For example, Tetris DS with a D-pad is much more precise than the control method that Tetris and EA chose for their iPhone product.
I think its easier to turn to your cell phone for brief sessions, ie, a wait in the doctors office, than trying to hull around your psp/ds. Now, would I get rid of my psp/ds. Heck no, but thats because I feel those portables provide a more dedicated gaming experience for longer sessions.
To boot, you have the fact that both the DS and the PSP have been out in market for 5+ years while cell phones making huge hardware gains at break neck speeds.
PSP2 I will not be DOA, neither will the DS. As others have said too, you need something for kids...though I guess you could also give them your old smart phone and access the store via wifi...or in the case of apple, a ipod touch.
If you want to play a game designed for the d-pad, then you should play that game on the proper platform.
For which platform should an indie game developer make a game designed for a D-pad? Right now, indie game developers have to make phone games with a virtual D-pad because Sony and Nintendo won't give them the time of day.
Cell phones are all but required these days.
Smartphones, not so much. Let me know when smartphone service approaches the $15 per 3 months that I currently pay Virgin Mobile for service on my Audiovox 8610 flip phone.
phones take a lot more work to develop -real- games for
How so? The devkit for an iPod touch costs $1,000: $600 for a Mac mini on which to run Xcode, $300 for an iPod touch, and $100 for your first year of the iPhone developer program. Android is cheaper to buy the PC but more expensive to buy the device because the platform has no direct counterpart to the iPod touch; the flagship Nexus One developer handset is an unlocked telephone, not a PDA or MP3 player. The devkit for a DS is far more expensive: first you have to have an office, and then you have to have a prior published title on someone else's platform, and even once you've satisfied those requirements, the devkit reportedly costs far more than $1,000.
You can't port the same UI for a game expected to run on something like the Galaxy S and one running on something more low end with no multi-touch or a smaller screen.
But as long as different platforms can run programs written in the same programming language, you can share the effort to develop the game rules and then use the model-view-controller paradigm to abstract the UI. The problem comes when Apple wants only Objective-C++, Microsoft wants only C#, RIM wants only Java, etc.
No parent wants to buy their kid a cell phone
Except for parents who have cut the land line and put their kids on the family plan, like my aunt.
Now that I can get cheevos for xbox live on my windows phone 7, I've tossed my DS. Playing for cheevos is much for fun that having a great score on a DS game that no one can see. I got 50k Cheevos and going now!
One device less, always with you.
And only one device's worth of battery time.
The writing has been on the wall for the DS for quite a while. I'm amazed it lasted this long. Back when I modded my Nintendo DS and started writing apps for it, I had friends writing apps for their iPhones. The main difference: the iPhone was 10 times as expensive as a Nintendo DS. That made the DS a better machine for school kids who could not afford a smartphone and a contract. But only a few years later, a cell phone is just part of the cost of middle-class living along with cable TV and internet. Even grade school kids are getting cell phones. So the "niche" that the DS fills is getting smaller and smaller.
To compete, they either need to start offering the features in smart phones (calendar, web access, texting, phone calls) or offering features the smart phones don't have (significantly better gaming experience). The 3D feature in the new DS might cause a spike, but it is a novelty that won't change the trend of events.
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DS/PSP is expensive and the games are expensive. Phones are as powerful or more powerful than DS/PSP, can be used for "other things" and the games are cheaper! What's the downside?
Eventually, we will see more and more new premium titles on phones... especially android phones. Soon we will see more of those bluetooth gamepad cradles for phones and viola!
For some reason a lot of people are ignoring the obvious: the iPod touch (and old iPhone's given to kids). Away from consoles, I mostly see kids playing with these (and with their parents iPhones). One friend's kid plays with his Android phone, but she's just 1 and mostly chews on it.
The DS does a lot more and will also be a host to superior games of all genres because not only does it have a touch screen but it has a D-pad and buttons. I'd much rather use my phone for other apps and surfing the net and my DS for games.
It looks like they're talking about percentage of consumers. So a guy who buys a cheap game on his iPhone is considered equivalent to a guy who buys several games a year for his DS.
It exists, and companies that offer it call it "Earned Time Off".
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This is the first time I've questioned your idiocy. You must mistake me for one of the other anonymous cowards who realize that conversations with you are not worth logging in for.
Why do you not answer the questions I posed? Why do you dodge them with your ad hominems?
As for pathos... well, I'm not sure which is more pathetic -- me, who responds to a troll such as yourself, thinking that maybe I'd get an honest answer; or you, who is so pathetic that you continue to complain about a site that you continue to frequent.
Why do you cower? Why do you avoid the questions I asked? Are they a bit uncomfortable for you?
i work from home for 6 figure salary with no fixed schedule...
Your grammar and punctuation tell a different story. But hey, you're free to dream.
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Do you spend all your time chasing shadows?
They dance around you, and you lash out, blindly, in your ignorance.
That's the great thing about moronic trolls such as yourself -- they are so easy to bait.
Why don't you go back to your E Drug trader website, and your online poker, and your bitching about landlords. It sure did suck when you got laid off from SST, huh?
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At any rate, keep fucking that chicken. We're all counting on you for sport.
why were you unable to find information about my current employment? are you retarded?
why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
That would be the "casual gaming" market, and of course there's more casual participants than enthusiast in any hobby. You can only charge casual gamers about $1 or $2 for a game before they start thinking they should be spending their money on better things, whereas the enthusiast crowd is apparently willing to pay $60-$100+ for their games and various special editions. I guess it's a matter of scale, which is more profitable to you and what you're capable of. The good news is that the medium is popular and there's room for many players.
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What probably is happening, is that the Smarthphone gaming is gaining inertia, while the PSP and DS is has not expanded. This don't mean the people on PSP and DS is "changing" to smartphones, since probably most of the smartphones games have not appeal to these people. Most smarhphones games feel like flash games.
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Why would anyone continue to use a device with physical $30 cartridges when they could be downloading $0.99 games without end (and often with free previews)?
Sure the DS games are deeper, but not 30 times deeper! Maybe 3x better in most cases.
As though that wouldn't be enough, my DS isn't a GPS or a phone and doesn't have internet connectivity in most cases (or a usable browser), all of which I'd need to have around as well.
I've got a few hundred $ in cartridges sitting around if anyone wants 'em (Actually, I probably have spent more in games for the DS than I would for a new iPod touch or maybe even an iPad)
It's mentioned up above, but this point needs to be repeated. I work in a school system, and the iPod Touch is more prevalent than any of the other game systems. It's a no brainer for parents. $230, and then games are $3 or less. Versus $170 for a PSP or $150 for a DSi, plus $20-$30 a game. And then you have to worry about losing the carts. It's only 4 or 5 games until the iPod Touch is cheaper.
Numbers don't lie, there are more games produced for iOS than every game system released since 1986 COMBINED (quantity is not indicative of quality, I know). There are now more than120 million iOS devices, more than the DS and PSP combined.
I don't know what Nintendo has up their sleeves for portable gaming, but the 3DS isn't going to be competitive against the iPod Touch (especially if they're the same price).
My poor DS only gets played with Activision Anthology... :-(
What, me worry?
Jesus, dude, is your cock "12 inches of steel" as well? Seriously, you protest too much. A clear sign of being full of shit.
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Try playing "serious" games on a portable device, such as SC2 and WoW. To be worth while, you kinda need the big, high-rez screen, lots of keys/buttons and the kind of really accurate and fast control that a mouse gives (or in rare cases a joystick).
Try playing "casual" games while sitting on the train or waiting for a friend. To be possible, you kinda need it to be there with you... like your mobile phone just happens to be.
(The inverted commas are there because I know of "casual" gamers who play and track their "casual" games as thoroughly as serious gamers.)
For a long time the casual market was mostly ignored. Games were mostly serious games that required a gaming rig with the latest hardware, or possibly a TV game. The mind shift of putting simple games on simple devices had not yet happened. (Compare Lynx games with many newer DS games). Casual gamers seem to prefer matching things up, rather than killing things. They like short games that they can put down immediately. This suits gamers of all ages and does not repel girls. (In my experience girls love gaming, but most girls avoid games where the aim is to kill.) Aside from a lack of interest, most gamers can't afford the time or hardware to play serious games.
So if the bulk of gamers are casual gamers, then of course the casual games industry will boom (as it is now). In the future, most games will be for casual gamers. But there will always be those who have both the time and inclination to play serious games, that require better hardware, so that market will remain. But, as device formats converge and change, and Moore's Law continues, I can imagine that gaming platforms will merge.
For example, motion controllers can be the new joysticks (perhaps not the Wii's, but the PS3, yes). And they look good on a large HD screen. So yeah, that may put a dent in PC's. But a full culture change is required before PC's die. And cultures change slowly. Look how long it took for people to get the hint that short, simple, non-violent games could be really popular (despite really obvious hints such as the success of Tetris and Free Cell). Took a while to get the hint, eh?
And combine perfectly adequate hardware inside TV games, with new controllers, and stereovision... Yeah, trust me, a new phase in gaming is coming. (Athough the hardware is here now, the mind shift is only beginning.)
Methinks you mixed up your meds.
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I temporarily abandoned my PSP to play games on my Ipod Touch and while I still do (mainly due to it being so pocketable) there is a noticable quality difference with the PSP being the easy winner in terms of overall quality, polish, control and smoothness. I'm in the position where I have some of the same games on both systems and the only advantage IOS has is price of games and being easier to pocket. I've seen a ton of games where everyone on apple forums makes lots of noises about how this one is better than the psp and they are in my opinion always wrong. Price and Portability are apples advantages here and they are quite big ones but they aren't even close to taking on proper gaming handhelds and I'm speaking as someone who owns both and uses both. I think Sony has got it all wrong with the PSP 2 though if it is actually bigger in size than the original PSP as rumoured lets face it the original is a bit to bulky to be truly portable never mind making it bigger. I'm sure it will be powerful but if it doesn't fit in a pocket you may as well just play a home console instead. I think 3DS will probably do better than both but I do think the apple devices are improving.
I do see the future potential of phones to do that, but nothing the current generations of phones are brining to the table will do that.
The main things are that:
A) The touch screen, while good at some things, is generally a bad idea when it comes to most actual games so they will need to actually start adding actual buttons and a directional pad + analog to them.
B) The current generation of phones just aren't capable of matching the current portables in graphical quality. Sure they can match and beat the previous generations offerings, but sorry the Iphone 4 just won't match a DS (Soon to be 3DS) or PSP offerings.
C) There is just too much fragmentation in the specs of the phone markets leading you to cater to the lowest common denominator.
D) Many gamers don't have or even want a cell phone or have to deal with paying that much cash for an unsubsidized phone to access the limited games on them.
Now what I can foresee is watching Sony or Nintendo actually make their next generation (or the generation after that) into a game system the doubles as a cell phone. Kinda like the successor to the Nintendo 3DS including all the 3DS has along with 50 gigs of built in flash memory and a built in cellphone that can run with or without a SIM card and on any network. With a powerhouse like Nintendo pulling that, they could make a powerful system that works on any network or without using the cellphone at all all while keeping it at a decent price which would also open up the selling point that even if their kid doesn't have a cellphone plan, they can call 911 from anywhere so long as they have their portable game system with them.
But sorry, there is nothing that the Iphone or Droid offers that can hope to even make a ripple into that market yet. Saying Smartphones are replacing Portable systems is about as accurate as saying that the Iphone is replacing the car stereo. Just cause one sells more, doesn't mean that it is replacing the other.
I now conclude that you are between 17 and 20, but closer to 17. Certainly you act it.
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you're an idiot. certainly ur mum's face act it.
No, gamers are still using PCs. It would be ok to call these people gamers if the word were qualified by saying "console gamers" or "causal gamers" but even these are inaccurate. The most correct term would be "DS, PSP users"
That doesn't impact the rest of "us"?
Yeah, My girlfriend watches it!
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My computing (big towers + Linux stuff) is relegated to the back room along with the musical gear ('cept the acoustic, natch) for wandering around "computing" I've got me MacBook. That's pretty typical.
When the boy gets a bit older then we'll probably play games together on the TV. Till then... I just use my DS
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What if kids do not continue to drive this gaming space? I think the Mobile Gaming target is adults. Adults on the commuter train/mass transit. Adults waiting on friends at the coffee shop. Waiting for airplanes. Whose kids are watching KidShowX for the Nth time. For extended trips to the office restroom. (yes, I said it)
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Your post history here at Slashdot indicates that you are mentally unhinged. There is a large probability that you beat your wife. Seek professional help before it's too late.
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I'd much more likely believe the individual that CHOOSES TO REFER TO THEMSELVES RELATIVE TO URINE...
Coming from a nutter masquerading as "Michael Kristopeit" (a simple Web search reveals that you are not who you claim to be), it's pretty clear that you have mental issues that need to be address in a professional setting. My guess is that you're off your psych meds.
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i am michael kristopeit... NOTHING could confirm OR deny that.... however, it's obviously not a lie.
i'm not convinced that you aren't in fact a pool of solidified urine. you have not demonstrated superior intellect. you're an idiot.
ur mum's face have mental issues that need to be address in a professional setting.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
So tell me, when does your unemployment insurence run out? Or is your "wife" the "bread winner"? Is that why you're a little -shall we say - high strung and on the edge? Your lady wears the parts in your house?
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your ignorance is astounding.
you're completely pathetic.
i work from home. i earn 6 figures...
Hahhhaa ha ha ha ha .... ROTFL!!! Dude.
...near our new home. i paid cash for my house.
According to public records, "your" "new" house was last sold in 1999.
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i'm a senior software engineer. i've been doing it for over 10 years.
cower some more, feeb.
where do you live again? still afraid to make a claim?
you're completely pathetic.
...where do you live again? still afraid to make a claim?
Why the fuck would I give some pathetic psychotic Internet troll my address? I notice you don't dispute the facts surrounding "your new house"... Dude, you're not even a very good troll. But you're full of shit, that's for sure. Seriously, seek professional help before it's too late for you. If your wife hasn't left you, she's probably thinking about it!
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uh... "inability to locate factual public records"... that is a dispute... your inability to comprehend such a dispute is very telling.
you're an idiot.
seek some heat... that puddle of urine is about to CRACK.
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
Where you a "bed wetter"? You show all the signs of being a bed wetting mamma's boy that was bullied in school...
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i'm 6'4" 220lbs. i collect firearms as a hobby. you know my address.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
i'm 6'4" 220lbs. i collect firearms as a hobby.
Ahhh! Question answered! You do steroids! You're having a "Roid Rage" episode right now. That explains your bizarre behavior.
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cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
The fact is, "Michael Kristopeit", you really don't show the level of intelligence necessary for "making 6 figures". You're clearly not educated beyond high school (or perhaps some 2 year technical school). I have to say that while mildly amusing, your responses really lack any quality that indicates your IQ is higher than two digits. But keep trying!
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wrong again. all counts. you're an idiot.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, and i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
you are a pathetic coward.
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, and i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
I'm curious, "Michael Kristopeit", where you sexually abused by a Catholic Priest?
By the way, your responses are getting more and more pathetic. You're not putting what little mind you have left after the steroids into it.
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i'm right. you're wrong.
you're an idiot.
why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
you're completely pathetic.
you're an idiot.
i have 2 degrees and over 10 years of industry experience. i provide the highest quality digital systems. i am a professional.
you're a pathetic coward. what are you afraid of?
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
cower some more, feeb.
i have 2 degrees and over 10 years of industry experience. i provide the highest quality digital systems. i am a professional.
You're a troll, and not a very good one.
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cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
Well, if you had some "thing" going with a Priest, that might explain your rage, but I'm thinking steroids are much more likely. One thing is almose certain, you're a wife beater for sure.
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you should stop thinking. you're not good at it.
you're an idiot.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
You're seriously "mental". You need to cut back on the 'roids and take your psych meds. Also, you should see a counselor to deal with your homosexual tendencies. Does your wife know about you and the Priest?
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your continued defamation demands justice.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, and i'll bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
does your mother know what the ultimate punishment is? do you think you'll survive it?
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely "pathetic".
You really should seek professional help before you lose control and abuse any more children. The key is to try to control your urges, and not put yourself into situation where you are around young boys alone.
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present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i'll bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
you're completely pathetic.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
i provide a service. i am paid handsomely and appreciated.
you provide exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
you're completely pathetic.
i have never abused any children.
Of course you're in denial about it. But you have to ask: Why did your wife leave you? Get help before you hurt another child.
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my wife never left me. you're an idiot.
ur mum's face hurt another child.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
Denial is a part of your sickness, "Michael Kristopeit" as is living your fantasy world. Please get help before you hurt another little boy.
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i am michael kristopeit. i present myself as michael kristopeit...
you present yourself as urine.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
i'm not sick. i am michael kristopeit. i present myself as michael kristopeit...
You'll never get better until you accept your flaws and your sickness, stop using steroids, and stop beating your wife and stay away from teenage boys.
By the way, what school did you go to? You know, you might be able to get mental health services through them. But I think you "several degrees" are part of your fantasy.
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i graduated from the university of wisconsin.
why do you cower behind your chosen urine based pseudonym? what are you afraid of?
divulge your name. divulge your address. did you attend any establishment of higher education? do you currently hold employment?
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
you're completely pathetic.
cower some more, feeb.
you have spent your day insinuating that i beat my wife and engage in illicit sex acts with religious figures despite my repeated claims that i have not, and despite having any evidence that i would or have. you're a pathological liar who chooses to fantasize about homosexual rape and the abuse of women.
you cower behind a chosen urine based pseudonym, refusing to divulge the address of your current residence.
what are you afraid of?
you can't even post under the correct story.
you're completely pathetic.
who goes around claiming people beat their wife and were raped by religious figures, while holding no evidence?
society would be inclined to dispose of you.
you are completely pathetic.
enjoy your "mental health" day tomorrow... and every day after.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
my wife is paid hourly... she is an occupational therapist and paid fairly.
what do you do again? do you have a job? what is your name? what is your address? who is your employer?
why do you cower behind a chosen urine based pseudonym? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
i graduated from the university of wisconsin.
Not according to their Alumni web site.
i have no reason to stay away from teenage boys
Denial is part of your sickness. Counselling can help you understand that your perversion is a sickness. Considering your "problem" with teenage boys, one wonders if your own children are hiding sad and disgusting secrets about you. Of course it will come out in the end, it always does. Get help now and you might avoid jail.
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you're an idiot.
your inability to access correct information is very telling.
avoid jail? for what? killing you? do you think i'm going to kill you? do you think i want you to think i am going to kill you? why else would i go to jail? why would you suggest such a thing? i have no criminal record. i have no "problem". do you?
i graduated from the university of wisconsin. i did so in 3.5 years majoring in computer science and mathematics. while there i received an undergraduate research grant from the national science foundation. and was a member of upsilon pi epsilon computer science honor society.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
google maps also reports my address doesn't exist..
Not so. You simply don't know how to use Google. I had no problems finding the house you *say* you just bought, yet public records say was last sold in 1999. One more of your delusions, obviously.
i graduated from the university of wisconsin. i did so in 3.5 years majoring in computer science and mathematics. while there i received an undergraduate research grant from the national science foundation. and was a member of upsilon pi epsilon computer science honor society.
Yes, of course you did, but they keep it secret, and that's why there is no record that supports any of your fantastic story.
Seriously, get help. You perversions will lead to jail if you do not. When your fellow jail inmates discover that you're in jail for sex crimes involving young boys, you will not last long.
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considering searching for my name and the university of wisconsin on the very same service providers web search tool that you claim to "know how to use", results in a list of university articles about my research grant while an undergrad, i'm left unsure whether you're an idiot, or you just want people to think you are.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic. enjoy your "mental health" day. you are broken.
You suffer from dangerous psychotic delusions, "Michael Kristopeit", because you refuse to take your psych meds. You use steroids and suffer from manic "Roid Rage". You are a danger to yourself and other due to your drug use and gun ownership. Your inability to use proper grammar and correct spelling indicate that you were not a successful student. In all likelihood, you are a Help Desk Code Monkey.
You need professional help.
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you have told nothing but defamatory lies.
cower some more... maybe fantasize about priest rape and little boys again.
ur mum's face need professional help.
you're exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
you're completely pathetic.
maybe fantasize about priest rape and little boys
You really need to seek professional help. You fantasies are dangerous.
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you're an ignorant hypocrite.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
You seriously need to consider going back on your psych meds before you hurt your wife or children, not to mention the poor street boys you pick up and abuse.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
consider how long you have to live and how your continued actions might contribute to altering such considerations going forward.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
you're completely pathetic.
cower some more, feeb.
you're exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
...present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions...
Ah, a "Jesus" complex. Typical of abusers. I see that you have moved around quite a bit. What are you running from?
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i go where i'm demanded... you've seen that i am in quite a bit of demand.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
I see you've moved around a lot. What are you running from?
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
me and my wife are both in high demand. we are often offered positions that provide free housing and double pay to move to an area for a few months. i traveled all over the world SEEKING ADVENTURE. RUNNING FROM NOTHING.
you spend your time cowering in my shadow afraid to release your location.
you're a paranoid, delusional freak who often fantasizes about wife beating and man on man rape.
you're completely pathetic.
I ran a background check on your name. I'm not talking about "all over the world". You seem to be running from something.
How many restraining orders do you have against you? I can look it up, you know.
The solution to your problems is two-fold: start taking your psych meds, and lay off the steroids. This will bring you back down to earth, and level you out. You'll start to see the destructiveness of your ways.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
ur mum's face'll start to see the destructiveness of your ways.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
...considering you've claimed...
Yes, " Michael Kristopeit", paranoia is also part of your sickness. You need help NOW. If you can't afford it, you can always simply go to an Emergency Room.
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you're an idiot.
do you not travel because you're not in demand?
do you believe meds are the cure to every problem because you rely on them?
do you believe i'm on steroids because you're again projecting your own dependance on foreign substance and your scrawny nature?
enjoy your "mental health day"... i'm sure your intellect will be in the same condition tomorrow.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
you couldn't come up with your own "term" to "lie" about me "suffering" from? do you just blindly and mindlessly and idiotically repeat everything you hear?
i do not suffer. i do not have any delusions.
you chose to cower behind a chosen pseudonym relative to urine.
you're completely pathetic.
do you not travel because you're not in demand?
Actually, I just got back from 4 weeks in Italy. But you know what? You sound to me like you might be a "disgruntled" MUSLIM, which coincides perfectly with you domestic violence issues.
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there is no "you" to go anywhere... you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
cower some more, feeb.
go cry to yourself on your "mental health" day... YOU HAVE ADMITTED TO HAVING AN INTELLECT THAT REQUIRE REPAIR.
are you taking enough meds?
I ran a background check on your name. I'm not talking about "all over the world". You seem to be running from something.
Now THIS I have to see. I always knew that asshole was deranged. Can you upload it somewhere and post a link?
...i have no domestic violence issues...
You need to get over your DENIAL. You beat your wife and abuse your children, it's a fact. I would bet you've had at least one restraining order. You are known to cruise the streets for runaway boys to practice your perversions on. YOU NEED HELP.
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why do you cower in my shadow? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
if you take one step on my doorstep, i will fire a shotgun into your face.
cower some more, feed.
you're exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
ur mum's face NEED HELP.
The fact that you keep changing your User Name shows that it is YOU that are "pathertic". So sad, so very sad are you that you have to keep getting new accounts.
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The fact that you are using multiple User Names to the extent that you are is a perfect expression of your schizophrenia... YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP!
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you need to be destroyed.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i'll bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
with a gun.
By the looks of it, you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
you're an ignorant hypocrite, and seemingly blind on top of a manic fantasizer of homosexual rape and child molestation.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
You keep coming back for more. PATHETIC.
Me? I have plenty of time, as I don't work - my family made their money in the Stock Market years ago, I haven't worked a day in my life.
But you claim to have a job.
What I think is that you're a fat Momma's Boy who lives in your parent's basement, and masturbates to perverted pornography.
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...and masturbates to perverted pornography.
He admitted his attraction to scat and his wife's penchant for bestiality quite a while back, IIRC.
keep projecting coward.
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING
You're mentally unhinged. You refuse to take your psych meds while abusing steroids. You have indicated in the past a desire for sexual perversions that involve violence and underage males. You need help.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
i have indicated nothing but my intentions to bring justice upon you.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
ur mum's face need help
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
Your problem is that you have delusions of grandeur . What is most likely is that you live with your mother and are posting all your nonsense from a public library.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will brink upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic. another "mental health day" from the job you claim you have, but at the same time claim you've never had a job because your family made it big in the stock market?
try some more lies. you're obviously very committed to developing the skill.
i am going to put a stop to you.
i am going to put a stop to you.
Is that before or after you record your wife taking the knot and post it on ZooTube?
you're completely pathetic.
you are a useless idiot. lie some more. contradict yourself. take a "mental health day". accuse some more people of beating their wives and being raped by religious figures.
JUSTICE IS COMING.
cower some more, feeb.
you are exactly what you've claimed to be: NOTHING.
i OWN you.
cower some more, feeb.
you're completely pathetic.
do you desire death?
then later claim...
I don't work
i'm sure your "family" is "proud" of your contradictions...
do you desire death? why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
you are a paranoid delusional recluse. an ignorant hypocrite unwilling to make a claim to your identity.
do you desire death? why do you cower? what are you afraid of?
you're completely pathetic.
present yourself to me; admit what you've done, then i will bring upon you the ultimate punishment for your transgressions.
I think this is a bit of a play on statistics. You can make data read whatever you want, you can make conclusions seem valid by leaving certain info out, etc. There is a tremendous uptick in smart phone users, and with all the major mobile os'es there is a bunch of games. However, these games are mainly ways to pass the time waiting on a bus, in an airport, or during a boring meeting. There are a lot of games on the DS/PSP designed to do this, and some users will probably stick with just a smart phone in the future, true gamers will continue to purchase and use the DS/PSP for the games that are more involved.
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling a pig in mud. Soon, you realize the pig is dirty, and he likes it.