From here, the franchise
focused on handheld consoles like Gameboy Color and the Gameboy Advance.
IH: When I originally made plans for the game I was just
focusing on the handheld consoles, and was not paying too much attention to phones or tablets.
Not exact matches
Traditionally, the games were
focused on single - player, linear progression — and they were all
on Nintendo
handheld consoles.
The Vita Lounge is a rapidly growing website which
focuses on Sony's PlayStation Vita
handheld console and after being formed in July 2012 it has grown an audience in Europe and in North America.
The series was initially developed for
handheld only release in Japan and it wasn't until last E3 when the series was announced with a new
focus on consoles with the release of Monster Hunter World.
While the original featured personified game
consoles and companies, it looks like the sequel will
focus more
on handhelds.
Gamers can't be sure if it'll be a home
console, a
handheld, or perhaps even both, with Nintendo instead
focusing its marketing
on the Wii U and 3DS for the foreseeable future....
Pixel badges return to the Arcade today, with a heavy
focus on Nintendo's extensive history in
console and
handheld gaming.
The studio will
focus on the development of «large - scale, online - enabled original IP for next - generation
consoles,
handhelds and PC.»
Yet again, a full
console release would be nice, but placing this
on a
handheld makes more sense from a value standpoint, allowing the developers to
focus on creating a tighter story without having to worry about the overall length of the game and the bonuses needed to pad out a
console release.
Ygor year ago I predicted exactly what these rumors are simply based
on how Nintendo is currently positioned in the market their
console is not doing well and their
handheld has always been their base so it always makes sense for them to cut their losses and
focus on handheld but it also allows
console owners to have some sort of comfort and playing their games
on the TV to maintain that install base.
The Vita Lounge is a rapidly growing website which
focuses on Sony's PlayStation Vita
handheld console and after being formed in July 2012 it has grown an audience in Europe and in North America.
It also showed that something with a heavy multiplayer
focus and graphically intensive could not only run
on this unique
console, but could work well both docked and in
handheld mode.
The Japanese market lost its taste for home
consoles,
focusing instead
on the convenience that
handheld consoles brought to the table.
3DS is one of the most successful
handhelds for Nintendo and with the Switch announced many are speculating that 3DS will be overshadowed as Nintendo will be
focused on its upcoming
console.
Without a home
console to support, Nintendo will likely
focus more
on their excellent
handheld games and publish
on other
consoles, a small sliver of which we're seeing even now as Nintendo recently announced a deal to get their massive backlog
on mobile platforms.
Considering the relative lack of interest in
handheld consoles today, it may seem incredibly misguided for Nintendo to be
focusing on that with the Switch.
Building
on more than 20 years of operating history, the company is
focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented video games
on all leading
console and
handheld platforms as well as online, social networks and mobile devices.
«Dragon Quest IX» is the first game in the series to have been initially released
on a
handheld console, and its
focus on cooperative multiplayer is also a change from the norm.
The company
focuses on the national and international marketing of entertainment products for the classic PC,
console and
handheld platforms, while its subsidiary, bitComposer Online GmbH, specializes in the fast - growing online games market.
Might and Magic Clash of Heroes is really a
handheld console game rather than the home
console classics we're
focusing on primarily here, but eventually made its way to the Xbox 360 and PS3, and is just too good to pass up.
Building
on more than 20 years of operating history, the company is
focused on developing and publishing a wide range of casual and family oriented video games
on all leading
console and
handheld platforms as well as mobile devices.
That said, the point is still a valid one for the most part;
handheld consoles which are designed specifically for smaller, more «portable» games (and which
focus on things like decent battery life) tend to outsell portable versions of home
consoles with home
console style games.
But Capcom's continuing
focus on that feature at the expense of online support was, I believe, a big reason why the series never took off in the US — people just don't play
handheld consoles in public as much as they do in Japan.
The company seems to be slowly phasing out the PlayStation 3
console and the
handheld PS Vita so that they could better
focus on the newer platforms.