How Sony Now Listens, and Nintendo Still Doesn’t
With Vita and 3DS XL We See The Difference
by David Hilton
©2012 David Hilton
The portable console market is in a hard place.
No matter how much people want to dismiss gaming on smartphones, they have succeeded where portable gaming in the past has failed: they sell very cheap games, sometimes free, and provide casual quick gaming experiences that captivate hardcore and gaming noobs. In short, they have taken initiative and grabbed some of the gaming market and grown it.
That means portables need to find a way to keep their traditional market and somehow provide an experience that will attract others, beyond what smartphones do.
Sony have gone in the right direction with PS Vita, while Nintendo languishes in past glory days and gimmicks with the 3DS XL.
In other words: Sony has learned from past mistakes, and Nintendo hasn’t.
Come see an old man rave about Sony!
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