{"id":4010,"date":"2012-08-06T06:54:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=4010"},"modified":"2012-08-06T06:54:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T10:54:28","slug":"portable-gaming-filling-a-niche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/08\/06\/portable-gaming-filling-a-niche\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable Gaming \u2013 Filling A Niche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a great article from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joystickdivision.com\/2012\/07\/mobile_gaming_doesnt_compare_t.php\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.joystickdivision.com\/2012\/07\/mobile_gaming_doesnt_compare_t.php', 'Joystick Division');\" target=\"_blank\">Joystick Division<\/a>, that comments on the merits for dedicated portable gaming systems.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some complain that the majority of portable games aren\u2019t suited to pick up and play sessions. I\u2019d argue that that isn\u2019t what portable gaming is for anymore. I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s what it was ever for, actually. The market has evolved and, if that\u2019s what you\u2019re looking for, then mobile is absolutely the way to go. But while there are also plenty of quick-fix games available on portable consoles, what I look for in these devices is something that will give me a console experience in the palm of my hands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I couldn\u2019t have said it better myself. The real question is at what price will portable consoles survive? Are we at a point where the economy is driving slower sales? While everyone doesn\u2019t need a top tier smartphone, I can\u2019t think of anyone I know that doesn\u2019t have some sort of smartphone, even an older generation one just used for taking calls on the go.<\/p>\n<p>Portable gaming is different \u2013 it is a luxury, and as more and more casual gamers (even my wife plays games on her Razor and Kindle Fire) join the ranks of gaming, a $29-49 game is going to be a tougher and tougher sale. You can\u2019t compare any of these casual experiences to something offered on the Vita or 3DS, be it a Mario or Uncharted title, but there is a price to pay for a quality portable gaming experience.<\/p>\n<p>It should be really interesting to see how things play out with Nintendo and Sony over the next 9-18 months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a great article from Joystick Division, that comments on the merits for dedicated portable gaming systems. Some complain that the majority of portable games aren\u2019t suited to pick up and play sessions. I\u2019d argue that that isn\u2019t what portable gaming is for anymore. I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s what it was ever &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2012\/08\/06\/portable-gaming-filling-a-niche\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Portable Gaming \u2013 Filling A Niche<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-4010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-vita"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4011,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4010\/revisions\/4011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}