Nah. I'd give up gaming if it somehow ever went exclusively mobile.

No!, AVA from Ex Machina is the future.

Its not MY future.

However, if I look at the generation of now 10-20 year old gamers I fear that mobile gaming is still a growing market with a lot possibilities for many established game companies.

..and I hate that.

ps: I wonder if the the person that disagreed to my comment even read it. Whats there to disagree with honestly?

Hopefully it just goes away with time.

Why would anybody give up gaming on a big screen for mobile gaming ? Mobile gaming is boring, you can't get the same experience out of mobile gaming like you can when playing on a big screen.

no unless they add physical controls

Companies aren't making enough money on consoles. Console gamers are stunting the industry by only buying annual releases like Fifa, Madden, COD, and now Assassins creed. Consoles do not have the game attach rate they did 10 years ago. Some gamers buy Call of Duty and it never leaves the disc tray until the new one comes out. Gamers in general have addictive personalities which has become the double edged sword. For me personally I tend to continue to play gears 3 while my backlog of games keeps growing. I'm too busy to sit and learn how to play something else and I get my fix after a 2 hour session. Us Genesis /SNES generation of gamers have kids now. I know I don't have time for gaming like I used to. I might buy something but it sits on my shelf until I get to it...never.

This won't me MY future that's for sure.
The biggest problem is that most publishers\developers feel they don't make enough money on consoles besides anualized games (COD,EA SPORTS, 2Kwhatever and so on), gamers ARE to blame here IMO...
They see cheap to make games like Clash of Clans making millions in microtransactions and they want IN. We all remember what happen to great franchises like Resident Evil because Capcom was chasing that COD money, trying to please all those ADD dude bro kids...
When they try new things like The Order 1886 (great game IMO) the comunity just bashes it and it reflects on the sales...
Not gonna mention how the gaming media can make or brake a game... It's one of the reasons development cost are so high, filling IGN pages with publicity of your game IS expensive!
I really hope these developers don't give up on consoles because if they do all we will get is EA\USBISOFT\ACTIVISION anual crap....

No. Anyone that thinks that is quite a moron.

We've had 'mobile' gaming for over a quarter of a century. It's always been 2nd, and always will be.

Less tech
Smaller screen
Poorer controls
Battery life is a factor vs not even an issue
Uncomfortable

These things will not go away. If anything, the gap will grow again when we start needing hundreds of cores to increase performance.

It's great to have it, when that's all you have. You aren't going to lug around a HDTV and a PC/console to play in the waiting room of a doctor. Great for in the car or train/plane/boat. But nevertheless, it's inferior in every respect besides mobility.

Plus the whole idea that it is the 'future' when we've had it for so long, including about a decade on phones, is a fake sophistry question where we forget the obvious to debate idiocy.

I'm not against mobile games at all. They have their purpose. But for anyone to realistically think it is the future and people are going to forget the reality of its drawbacks, is just people being completely and utterly idiotic.

Some publishers would love to though...they get to cut costs, and have microtransactions up the butt. They want less criticism. They want more suckers to spend 40,000 dollars on their game. So yes, I can see the appeal from the business side. Some only want to make the most money possible no matter how badly they screw their customer, and others want to make games.

Wall Street idiot ideology versus game makers. That's what this is about.

The gaming industry is about gamers making games. Just because Wall Street wants to take their ball and go home, means we very well could see a massive split where more idiots like Konami jump ship. But at the end of the day, GAMERS will create games, and they will be far superior to the microtransaction filled crap.

We don't need Wall Street...for anything. They are a middle man who distorts and ruins everything for their own gain.

It may lead to some tough times, but rest assured, gaming will go on, because gamers won't stop wanting games.

Besides, Wall Street is in the process of destroying itself, the key is, to make sure they just commit suicide alone instead of killing everyone else in an attempt to suicide themselves.

Mobile gaming has been around for years, if it is the future then why is the console market still so strong?

Keep digging that hole Konami.

In Japan .. absolutely .. For me personally ....never!

It'll always be both, and companies will move their resources around and come and go, as they always have.

Same applies for VR.

There isn't going to be one trend that covers the entire industry, we're too big for that now. People will always want their big blockbuster AAAs that are often console-centric. People will always want indies and experimental stuff. People will always want mobile games both big in scope and simple time wasters. People will always want super immersive stuff, sim stuff, strategy games that are only really catered for by PC, and everything else besides.

Konami can leave one ship and someone else will take their place, there's nothing to worry about when companies start targeting different platforms. Remember how successful GTA5 was, and how well received TLOU and Bloodborne have been.. The (traditional) industry is doing great, and is at no risk at all. We can all coexist peacefully.

Personally I think Konami have gone crazy as they have such a treasure trove of IP that they'd make a killing from if they managed stuff properly (you too Capcom!) but, meh. They're going a bit latter-day Sega - it's not a portent of a huge industry wide problem or shift, just old Japanese studios going bats.

f**ck no

God I hope not.

maybe for some, not me.

Mobile gaming as the future is already here the problem is console gamers refuse to accept all of the signs. Combine this generations console sales with last generations and compare to mobiles over 1 billion per year sells and you have no choice but to accept what's already happened. I personally love the mobile gaming future as being the owner of an Nvidia Shield Portable has allowed me to play my PC games both at home and out and about. And believe it or not there are some very high quality mobile games that are even better than some of the console AAA titles, take Modern Combat which is worlds better Call of Duty.