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iPhone models have a lifespan of 1 year. Game console models have a life span of 6-7 years.

by johansch 13y ago

jbverschoor 13y ago
The typical cycle is 2 - 3 years. Smartphones ARE game consoles.
- EpicEng 13y ago
  Um, no, they're not. At least, they're not in terms of their target market. You cannot compare a smart phone to a PS4 or XBox. One is for people who play Candy Crush in their off minutes, the other is for people who play CoD for 12 hours straight. Sure, there is overlap, but this is like comparing a Toyota Tercel to a Ferrari because "they're both cars". And the typical cycle is not 2-3 years. It has been 6-7 years for the last few generations. Not sure you even play console games...
- johansch 13y ago
  Now we are into semantics. They are a threat to traditional game consoles; yes. They don't have the uniformity-over-time of game consoles, but they do have large distribution.
- cromwellian 13y ago
  Snark Mode On: Right. Let me know how Battlefield 4, Team Fortress, Uncharted, Halo, Call of Duty, et al, are working out for you in a 4 inch screen with touch controls. Wake me up when your iPhone has almost 2 TFLOPs of computing power and delivers games with 25Gb of graphical content. Smartphones replace game boys and PS Vitas for casual gamers, they don't replace console and desktop PC gaming by a long shot. But yeah, Candy Crush Saga and Angry Birds run great. When was the last time 100,000 people tuned in on Twitch.tv for someone to play a mobile game?
  - EpicEng 13y ago
    Yeah, this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of comparison. I can only assume it is made by people who simply don't know anything about the gaming industry. These are the same people who think that the desktop is doomed.
    - TillE 13y ago
      General tech nerds seem to look at the raw profits of mobile games and assume that console and PC games must surely be dead, without actually looking into the details of the market. It's not a zero sum game, and it's not an either/or. There's no meaningful segment of the gaming industry that's declining in absolute numbers (most are growing at varying rates), it's just that the industry has been exploding over the past 15+ years, and each segment is now a smaller slice of a much bigger pie.
  - maccard 13y ago
    Not quite 100000, but 1000 people are watching one guy play clash of clans right now on twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Clash%20of%20Clans http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Clash%20of%20Clans
    - Rexxar 13y ago
      Currently 47000 for the final of a Starcraft 2 competition : http://www.twitch.tv/taketv http://www.twitch.tv/taketv (HomeStory Cup VIII)
- hack_edu 13y ago
  Written like a true mobile games ad trafficker!
- clubhi 13y ago
  In the same way a Playstation is a telephone.

iPhone models have a lifespan of 1 year. Game console models have a life span of 6-7 years.

jbverschoor 13y ago

The typical cycle is 2 - 3 years. Smartphones ARE game consoles.

EpicEng 13y ago
Um, no, they're not. At least, they're not in terms of their target market. You cannot compare a smart phone to a PS4 or XBox. One is for people who play Candy Crush in their off minutes, the other is for people who play CoD for 12 hours straight. Sure, there is overlap, but this is like comparing a Toyota Tercel to a Ferrari because "they're both cars". And the typical cycle is not 2-3 years. It has been 6-7 years for the last few generations. Not sure you even play console games...
johansch 13y ago
Now we are into semantics. They are a threat to traditional game consoles; yes. They don't have the uniformity-over-time of game consoles, but they do have large distribution.
cromwellian 13y ago
Snark Mode On: Right. Let me know how Battlefield 4, Team Fortress, Uncharted, Halo, Call of Duty, et al, are working out for you in a 4 inch screen with touch controls. Wake me up when your iPhone has almost 2 TFLOPs of computing power and delivers games with 25Gb of graphical content. Smartphones replace game boys and PS Vitas for casual gamers, they don't replace console and desktop PC gaming by a long shot. But yeah, Candy Crush Saga and Angry Birds run great. When was the last time 100,000 people tuned in on Twitch.tv for someone to play a mobile game?
- EpicEng 13y ago
  Yeah, this isn't the first time I've seen this kind of comparison. I can only assume it is made by people who simply don't know anything about the gaming industry. These are the same people who think that the desktop is doomed.
  - TillE 13y ago
    General tech nerds seem to look at the raw profits of mobile games and assume that console and PC games must surely be dead, without actually looking into the details of the market. It's not a zero sum game, and it's not an either/or. There's no meaningful segment of the gaming industry that's declining in absolute numbers (most are growing at varying rates), it's just that the industry has been exploding over the past 15+ years, and each segment is now a smaller slice of a much bigger pie.
- maccard 13y ago
  Not quite 100000, but 1000 people are watching one guy play clash of clans right now on twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Clash%20of%20Clans http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Clash%20of%20Clans
  - Rexxar 13y ago
    Currently 47000 for the final of a Starcraft 2 competition : http://www.twitch.tv/taketv http://www.twitch.tv/taketv (HomeStory Cup VIII)
hack_edu 13y ago
Written like a true mobile games ad trafficker!
clubhi 13y ago
In the same way a Playstation is a telephone.