Do handheld gaming systems have a future?

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Originally Posted by Steedeel

Even with the coming streaming services that work on any device?

Controls remain an issue, and still streaming is only possible in a small number of places currently. If you think mobile phone/table gaming will take over with streaming, I just don't see the evidence for that. One because the kind of game people seem to want on there phone is entirely different to what i'd say core gaming is. That and touch screen controls are just very limiting on the design, and I don't see the average person wanting to have a phone with two thumbsticks etc.

That and for huge amounts of the world, game streaming is just not on the horizon yet. Just look at the incredibly small number of places psnow is available for example after 5ish years. So much so that how everything works, including demands consumers make may have changed in any number of ways by the time we get to the point where streaming is possible. But even then, streaming may not take of in games due to the input delay is brings, I see it more as something that will likely exist along side digital downloads and the like.