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I don't see comparable numbers here either, but if you want to believe this - good for you. I don't see anybody contemplating buying, say, Call of Duty game or

I don't see comparable numbers here either, but if you want to believe this - good for you. I don't see anybody contemplating buying, say, Call of Duty game or saving money to buy magic mushrooms in some mobile game so, frankly, I don't even understand what are you comparing. My main objection was comparing total numbers of devices capable to play some kind of games vs dedicated gaming hardware, which, I hope we have sorted out.

clouddrover 11y ago
Not really. I don't know what you're objecting to. The trend worldwide is away from console platforms. Look at the shift happening in the Canadian video game industry: http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/11/22/mobile-game-revenue-will-soon-eclipse-console-games-says-esac-2015-report/ http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/11/22/mobile-game-revenue-will-s... http://theesa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ESAC_2015_Booklet_Version02_14_Digital.pdf http://theesa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ESAC_2015_Bookle... Console game revenues down by 32% since 2013, mobile game revenues up by 20%. Mobile games on trend to overtake console games and investment is being directed to mobile studios and titles. Don't take it personally, it's just how it is.
- pandaman 11y ago
  The trend in the current generation is strongest so far (at least for Sony) http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/14/playstation-4-continues-to-outpace-ps2-challenging-wii-for-fastest-selling-console http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/14/playstation-4-continu... and even for MS it's pretty good from what I remember. I am guessing all the analysts making these predictions are looking at Nintendo, which had been in decline since 1990s and only caught one lucky break with Wii. It's being back to its normal state will look like a declining trend only for somebody who learned about game consoles when Wii came out. Doing trends for mobile games over short periods of time is entertaining but I am old enough to remember the same trend building that led to Zynga's IPO, social games were to kill console games before mobile games in the good old times of 2010-2011.
  - clouddrover 11y ago
    That compares games consoles to themselves and not to the broader video game industry. 35.3 million PS4s isn't even one tenth of just the iOS ecosystem, which is why mobile is the biggest video game segment and growing.

clouddrover 11y ago

Not really. I don't know what you're objecting to. The trend worldwide is away from console platforms. Look at the shift happening in the Canadian video game industry: http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/11/22/mobile-game-revenue-will-soon-eclipse-console-games-says-esac-2015-report/ http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/11/22/mobile-game-revenue-will-s... http://theesa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ESAC_2015_Booklet_Version02_14_Digital.pdf http://theesa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ESAC_2015_Bookle... Console game revenues down by 32% since 2013, mobile game revenues up by 20%. Mobile games on trend to overtake console games and investment is being directed to mobile studios and titles. Don't take it personally, it's just how it is.

pandaman 11y ago
The trend in the current generation is strongest so far (at least for Sony) http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/14/playstation-4-continues-to-outpace-ps2-challenging-wii-for-fastest-selling-console http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/14/playstation-4-continu... and even for MS it's pretty good from what I remember. I am guessing all the analysts making these predictions are looking at Nintendo, which had been in decline since 1990s and only caught one lucky break with Wii. It's being back to its normal state will look like a declining trend only for somebody who learned about game consoles when Wii came out. Doing trends for mobile games over short periods of time is entertaining but I am old enough to remember the same trend building that led to Zynga's IPO, social games were to kill console games before mobile games in the good old times of 2010-2011.
- clouddrover 11y ago
  That compares games consoles to themselves and not to the broader video game industry. 35.3 million PS4s isn't even one tenth of just the iOS ecosystem, which is why mobile is the biggest video game segment and growing.