I don't consider the starting prices on these next gen consoles to be cheap. -_-
And as much as I would love to consider the tablet and phone market a serious threat to console gaming, it is not yet, and does not look to be yet. When I got my 3rd gen ipod and saw the 3d graphic capabilities of it, I would have wagered that it would take off and bury sonys and nintendo's handheld. They have done no such thing. Android and iOS games do exist, and do make money, some make lots of money, but its still a DIFFERENT market. The people I know who play tablet and cell phone games don't play console games. They didn't play console games before either.
On the flip side everyone I know who plays console games may have one or two time wasters on their phone, but unless they are away from their consoles they won't touch em. ie, they don't play ios and android games at home. The games are completely different. Console games are very complex, tons of content, and cutting edge graphics. tablet and phone games are meant to be simpler, easy to pick up and put down, and run on simpler hardware.
Sadly I don't see this changing. For one thing, these power house gaming phones are 600 bucks off contract, be it the iphone 5s or the galaxy s4. Very hard to get these in the hands of gamers and kids. We need to see alot of change here before phones and tablets can replace consoles. Until then however they will coexist on 2 different markets.
And as much as I would love to consider the tablet and phone market a serious threat to console gaming, it is not yet, and does not look to be yet. When I got my 3rd gen ipod and saw the 3d graphic capabilities of it, I would have wagered that it would take off and bury sonys and nintendo's handheld. They have done no such thing. Android and iOS games do exist, and do make money, some make lots of money, but its still a DIFFERENT market. The people I know who play tablet and cell phone games don't play console games. They didn't play console games before either.
On the flip side everyone I know who plays console games may have one or two time wasters on their phone, but unless they are away from their consoles they won't touch em. ie, they don't play ios and android games at home. The games are completely different. Console games are very complex, tons of content, and cutting edge graphics. tablet and phone games are meant to be simpler, easy to pick up and put down, and run on simpler hardware.
Sadly I don't see this changing. For one thing, these power house gaming phones are 600 bucks off contract, be it the iphone 5s or the galaxy s4. Very hard to get these in the hands of gamers and kids. We need to see alot of change here before phones and tablets can replace consoles. Until then however they will coexist on 2 different markets.
