Comments on: Can Handheld Consoles Break The Non-game Barrier?

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:55:36 +0000

I'm one of those slightly older people who bought a DS for the brain training game and I can clearly see the way this taps a ripe market. The device is so capable with its stylus and internet connectivity, yet for the most part all it has is games for small kids. We've all heard of silver-surfers and the money they have to spend. I'm hoping the success of brain training will prompt a big expansion into this untapped market.

By: frisby

frisby — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:34:16 +0000

I tend to play casual games more often on hand helds than on consoles. Playing casual games on consoles make me feel like I am wasting my time and could e doing something more productive.

By: Jacob Varghese

Jacob Varghese — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:39:36 +0000

Using it for educational programs makes sense.. math, languages....

By: spanker

spanker — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:05:30 +0000

IMHO the DS has tapped into a uniquely Japanese appetite for the next fashionable trend. The bulk of N. Americans don't jump as quickly from trend to trend and are therefore less likely to pickup titles like Doco Demo Yoga. Even in California, you're either into yoga...or you're not. If in the not camp, chances are an American would laugh at the suggestion that s/he should pick up a DS yoga title. Not so in Japan. Conversely, it is Westerners on the other hand who are the big adopters of Web 2.0 and the whole prosumer thing. Viewing Japanese trends through a Western lens doesn't result in very clear vision in my opinion.