This move into second place means that mobile gamers now spend more on Google Play then they do on
traditional handheld gaming consoles like the PS Vita and the 3DS.
Not exact matches
Given that, there are three different ways to play with the Nintendo Switch and that includes TV mode (connecting the
console to your television in the
traditional sense), tabletop mode (a portable mode which allows you to play with a friend on the
console itself) or the
handheld mode (using the Switch like a tablet but with far superior
gaming capabilities).
The mobile
gaming market has come on in leaps and bounds over the years, to a point that, visually, many games are starting to rival those found on
traditional handheld gaming devices and indeed home
consoles.
Mobile
gaming has exploded over the last couple of years and has now been cited as another major reason people may be defecting from
consoles and
traditional handhelds.
Although it's
handheld, so not a
traditional gaming console, I still decided to include GameBoy as it's been a big part of my early
gaming days.
And while the 3DS family of
handhelds continued to perform well, fans were eager to see if Nintendo could provide a system more acclimated to
traditional console gaming.
The rise of smartphones and then tablets ate into the
traditional handheld console market, and the online
gaming explosion drew more and more gamers to Sony and Microsoft platforms.
A Switch browser could utilize the capacitive touch screen in
handheld mode and
traditional controls in
console mode and still be the best browser on any
gaming platform.