Future of Gaming: Can Portable Gaming Consoles and Smartphones Coexist?
By Dennis Kuba
September 20, 2011
September 20, 2011
- “Mega Man” co-creator and former Capcom head of production Keiji Inafune says, “You don’t use a smartphone camera for an interview, and you don’t use a really professional camera to take some small pictures when you’re going to work.”
- Similarly, Inafune suggests smartphones are good for a quick game away from home, but dedicated gaming portables and home consoles offer a more complete gaming experience.
- Still, game developers cannot ignore the smartphone market, which is currently the target for one of his company’s announced games. Inafune started two companies since leaving Capcom — Intercept and Comcept.
- Inafune believes that developers cannot ignore the growing smartphone market: “We have to think about that when we’re making new games, because it’s kind of becoming very easy to let people play games now,” he says. “They don’t have to buy big consoles to play simple games. So that’s what we should think about for the future.”
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I agree, there will always be room for gaming on the big screen. Portable is great for short or casual games, but for longer and bigger blockbuster games, console is still the best bet.
I agree, there will always be room for gaming on the big screen. Portable is great for short or casual games, but for longer and bigger blockbuster games, console is still the best bet.
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