Speaking from the perspective of being a 31 one year old with two jobs and little time to dedicate to my hobby:
Portable gaming is just convinient, in the past couple of years gaming has been hard for me on my PS4. The experience is amazing but to finish the games I love takes a lot of time. For example, The Witcher 3 took me a whole year, games like FFXV, Bloodborne and MGSV demand that I loose sleep in order to give them at least a couple of hours. And losing sleep now that I go to bed at 11pm to wake at 6am is a no-no, specially since I have to work at least 12 hours to live in a third world country.
Anyways, portable gaming: I can play indie games on my Vita while on the bed, or while taking a dump and that was a joy. The same with the Switch but now I can play games with better gameplay and graphics on the go. Pulling a cup on Mario Kart 8 or looking for Shrines in BotW in a couple of minutes while taking a dump has been my main source of gaming in the last months, and it is amazing!
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Re: Soapbox: After the Vita's Failure, Why Do People Now Want Console Games on the Go?
Speaking from the perspective of being a 31 one year old with two jobs and little time to dedicate to my hobby:
Portable gaming is just convinient, in the past couple of years gaming has been hard for me on my PS4. The experience is amazing but to finish the games I love takes a lot of time. For example, The Witcher 3 took me a whole year, games like FFXV, Bloodborne and MGSV demand that I loose sleep in order to give them at least a couple of hours. And losing sleep now that I go to bed at 11pm to wake at 6am is a no-no, specially since I have to work at least 12 hours to live in a third world country.
Anyways, portable gaming: I can play indie games on my Vita while on the bed, or while taking a dump and that was a joy. The same with the Switch but now I can play games with better gameplay and graphics on the go. Pulling a cup on Mario Kart 8 or looking for Shrines in BotW in a couple of minutes while taking a dump has been my main source of gaming in the last months, and it is amazing!