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My Android Phone Dominates My Console – Are Consoles Losing Their Appeal?

May 18, 2010 in Blog comments 2

OXCGN takes a look at how mobile gaming is making in-roads into the heart of console lovin gamers.

Two views of mobile game use, and how they are spending more time on their mobiles, than on consoles.

Come check it out and share your thoughts.

Having purchased the Google Nexus One Android Phone not long after it was released in America back in January, I seem to be sitting down a great deal more and spending hours on end playing the games that are on offer for the Nexus One. Hours that I used to normally spend on console gaming.

From Tower Defense games, Basketball games, racing games, or simple Tetris-esque games, the Nexus One has taken up most of my gaming time over the past 2 months.

The XBOX 360 has had nothing that has grabbed my attention lately. Sure Splinter Cell: Conviction gave me a great 8-10 hours of fun but after that I was straight back to my Nexus One.

Robo Defense and Basketball are the 2 main games that have taken up all my spare time whenever I have the urge. The thrill of getting as many hoops as possible within a 2 or 5 minutes time period or fending off 100 waves of enemies in Robo Defense with rockets and slow towers. While the fun has been micro short lived, it has always left me wanting more.
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    VeGiTAX2 May 19, 10
    It's a long held debate of the mobile device market being the dominant screen in the home. Honestly it just comes down to the demographic. For some gamers they've been exposed to tetris for well over a decade and they're bored. I have Jewelust / Bejeweled and a few tetris apps on my Eris but I don't bother using them, they lost appeal after I learned the curve to advance.

    The best the iPhone or Droid or iPad will do is compliment the existing home interface. If it comes down to playing a few rounds of Forza or Pac-Man on my Droid I'll send my STi sliding sideways in Forza instead.
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      Giralga Jul 11, 10
      quote VeGiTAX2
      It's a long held debate of the mobile device market being the dominant screen in the home. Honestly it just comes down to the demographic. For some gamers they've been exposed to tetris for well over a decade and they're bored. I have Jewelust / Bejeweled and a few tetris apps on my Eris but I don't bother using them, they lost appeal after I learned the curve to advance.

      The best the iPhone or Droid or iPad will do is compliment the existing home interface. If it comes down to playing a few rounds of Forza or Pac-Man on my Droid I'll send my STi sliding sideways in Forza instead.
      hahaha yeah

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