While the media wonks over at the BBC have masterfully put together an article that deviates from the topic in less time than it took to read, they do manage to bumble through an entire range of topics, getting each one wrong.
First, phones will not replace mobile gaming gear. It’s quite obvious no one on the writing or editorial staff responsible for this article has ever had to suffer through a Java based phone game.
Second, this is the same bloody reason that console convergence doesn’t work. Yes, phones can play games. But much like consoles acting as an all-in-one media hub, they can’t do them very well (go ahead, replace that high end audio system with an XBox). The console convergence bashing is what they carry on about not a paragraph later.
But one thing they may have gotten right. If console game prices reach up toward the 70$ mark sales might just not be sustainable. 50$ is starting to peak quite a few checkbooks as it is. Only selling to fanboys works in a total of one market, far as I can tell. Japan’s a great place, but it be your only market if you’re selling consoles.
