Counterclockwise: gaming phones vs. portable consoles, fight!
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2018
r33fd, 02 Dec 2018What did you mean psp didn't cut it ? It was insanely po... morethat's the problem they didn't recognized how popular psp is than any portable device atleast to some countries like here in ph
- Fulljack
- Ki5
- 02 Dec 2018
AnonD-558092, 02 Dec 2018Nintendo always sold profitable consoles (maybe not the Wii... moreno. what I mean is that console usually sold less than combined manufacturing, marketing, and r&d price, meaning they sell it at loss. profit came by selling the games.
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- Simon
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- 02 Dec 2018
I know smartphones are popular for silly games, but they arent gaming devices comparable to consoles, even handhelds. Android and iOS are mostly filled with simple, time killer games with inconvenient controls and lack any immersive stories. I dont consider smartphone gaming to be true gaming. Adding controls to a smartphone doesnt make it a proper gaming device either.
I sure wish I could combine handheld gaming with a phone. But it seems to be a distant concept, as it would require a whole, proper gaming platform with a new game ecosystem.
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- r33fd
- LaE
- 02 Dec 2018
What did you mean psp didn't cut it ?
It was insanely popular at least among my childhood fellows.
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- Martin
- gyc
- 02 Dec 2018
Sony need PS Vita 2. With high-end spec. And awesome games.
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- Anonymous
- B45
- 02 Dec 2018
I would love Sony Ericsson to come back with a modern phone. Imagine with a joystick (a la 3DS), shoulder buttons, PSP/Vita emulator, Vanilla Android with gaming apps to help with the settings, over 5,500 mAH battery, cooling system, 6" 1080p/2K display, and full LTE coverage across the board for ease. That would be incredible.
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- 02 Dec 2018
Peter-B, 02 Dec 2018Okay, I may have been a little too dismissive of the PSP. S... moreThe problem with this article is that it only accounts sales... and while this is the most logical measurement of success, I think the proper fight should take into consideration professional reviews, consumer ratings, fan loyalty, etc...
Nintendo will always be Nintendo, and they always monetize on nostalgia... (don't get me wrong, I am a dad that still owns and PLAY an original WII weekly with my 7y/o kid) and I game him an old Xperia device with emulators so he can play NES, SNES and N64 games which he loves better than modern phone games....
But my point is that this type of fight should take more factors than simply sales to actually represent how wonderful those portable gaming devices are/were.
- Kiyasuriin
- nYT
- 02 Dec 2018
Peter-B, 02 Dec 2018Okay, I may have been a little too dismissive of the PSP. S... moreOh well. We're all people's.
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- Xperia all the way
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- 02 Dec 2018
Oh look a decade old xperia have better bezels than latest xperias.
Lol
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- Anonymous
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- 02 Dec 2018
I sold my Henkaku Ps Vita and re-purchase the Sony Xperia Play. That should tell you how good the Play still is compared to some of these handheld in it's flexibility. Since the emulator quality improves over time, the games are still very playable on the Play. If you adjust the settings correct for ePSXe on the Play, you can get up to 90-100fps for PSX games on the Play.
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- Boricua
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- 02 Dec 2018
Portable console all days!
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- Anonymous
- GX3
- 02 Dec 2018
Kiyasuriin, 02 Dec 2018Sad story but it's true. real consoles tend to win. Howeve... moreWhy is it sad?
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- Anonymous
- n5X
- 02 Dec 2018
From 8 gflops to nearly 800 gflpos in 6 years
- Peter-B
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- 02 Dec 2018
Barricade, 02 Dec 2018"The PSP didn’t quite cut it" Ikr, it only sold an 80 s... moreOkay, I may have been a little too dismissive of the PSP. Still, the Nintendo DS sold about twice as much.
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- qig
- 02 Dec 2018
Barricade, 02 Dec 2018"The PSP didn’t quite cut it" Ikr, it only sold an 80 s... moreYeah, it's not like a bunch of us have fond memories of one and still have one on the Shelf of Nostalgia
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- Barricade
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- 02 Dec 2018
"The PSP didn’t quite cut it"
Ikr, it only sold an 80 something million.
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- 02 Dec 2018
Fulljack, 02 Dec 2018gaming phones are insanely pricey with little triple A libr... moreNintendo always sold profitable consoles (maybe not the Wii U). The Switch made profit from day-1
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- 02 Dec 2018
Neither the X Play or the Vita could thrive because the 3DS line obliterated them. The single most successful 3D product.
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- Ki5
- 02 Dec 2018
gaming phones are insanely pricey with little triple A libraries. unlike phones, portable console doesn't need lte connection and doesn't pay heavy taxes from big wireless corporate, which cut costs heavily. portable console are also cheaper due to sold at loss and profit will come after game sales.