Awarded to the best game playable on both mobile and
dedicated handheld gaming devices.
When the iPhone and Android phones hit the shelves, everyone began heralding the end of
dedicated handheld gaming devices like the Nintendo DS.
The NDS Lite / DSi is the most popular
dedicated handheld gaming device.
«I don't think we'll do
a dedicated handheld gaming device, rather just focus on [Windows Phone], tablets, maybe with controller support someday,» Spencer said.
Nevertheless, the Vita's launch has certainly come up short compared to the best selling
dedicated handheld gaming device of all time.
«One of the encouraging things about 3DS» sales performance at Christmas is that it is confounding the naysayers who say that there is no room in the market for
a dedicated handheld gaming device,» he said in an interview with MCV.
Not exact matches
Today things have shifted in favour again of the
dedicated handheld console — smartphones are pretty much a commodity, and the Nintendo Switch has proven that, with an inventive design, there's still love out there for a focussed
handheld gaming device.
Since 2009, we have seen a meteoric rise in the revenues and market share of games for iOS and Android
devices and a decline in sales for
dedicated handheld gaming consoles.
Also, it's still just a mobile
gaming handheld, so it doesn't have serious AAA titles, only games like Dead Trigger, Asphalt, or Modern Combat 4, which are hardly worth buying a
dedicated device for.