Att Nintendo fortsätter satsa på bärbara spelenheter är inget konstigt, menar Nintendo. Tvärtom säger högste chefen Satoru Iwata i en intervju med Kotaku att det alltid kommer finnas en grupp spelare som vill ha de djupare spelupplevelser de inte får från exempelvis Android- och Iphone-spel.
"Previously we had to think, ok, 'How are we competing with Sony?, How are we competing with Microsoft?, How do we compete with all the other software titles and all the other publishers out there?' That environment has changed.", säger Iwata.
"And the games available for smartphones, I'm not saying that none of these are interesting, rich or fun experiences, because I know that there are some. And one way we can ensure that there's a market for handheld gaming devices is by continuing to bring out entertaining and engaging software that will provide users experiences that they cannot get on these other devices.", fortsätter han.
Iwata avslutar sitt resonemang: "I believe that as environments change and as the world progresses we're going to have different ways in which people want to spend their time. That being said, I don't think we're going to see the desire to have, again, rich and deep sort of gaming experiences... we're not going to see that vanish. That's not going to go away."
Vad säger Gamereactors läsare, är det givet att det kommer att finnas en marknad för dedikerade portabla spelenheter i framtiden, eller räcker det med smartphones?
