both the 3DS and the PSP vita will be facing competition with mobile platforms, and with processors like Snapdragon S3, the portable gaming market will become more and more difficult to compete in.
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See, for me, I can't even begin to understand the mobile phone market. I guess for one, I don't have a "smart" phone, plus, if I did, I wouldn't want it to be some kind of primary game device. I don't want to buy a bunch of games, & bring my device with me to work, etc. & get it absolutely trashed!
I'm very careful with my PSP & DS, I'm selective of where & when I take them with, as I don't want them to get damaged. Plus, I want to be able to play my games forever. On a phone, who knows when they'll stop offering *insert game name here* & there's no way to ever get it again. I have a few games on one of my old phones, & those games are no longer offered. Once they're gone, they're gone & that's it. I have no hope of playing those games ever again. Like Bonk's Return(not that it was a great game), it's gone, & that's it.
But, onto the most important part, I want a friggin' controller! I don't want some stupid touch pad that tries to emulate controls on the screen, I want an actual d-pad &/or analog stick, & I want actual buttons, that are nice & comfortable! The closest thing I can think of phonewise that would do this, is that Playstation phone, but, I have no desire for it, as I already have a PS1, not to mention I can just rip my games onto my PSP.
So, in short, I'm quite baffled that the mobile phone game market is taking off as much as it seems to be. I can see it for maybe cheap lil' games like crossword puzzles & Angry Birds or whatever, but....I don't want to play the latest Mario, Sly Cooper, Red Faction, Uncharted, Jak & Daxter, Final Fantasy, etc.....on a friggin' phone. And I wouldn't be happy with an external controller to connect to a phone either, I want to actually hold the device in my hand, rather then looking at it propped on a table.
