Portable games should take back some of the spotlight from mobile

It’s time to stop lumping portable games in with mobile games.

Gaming is seeing solid signs of portable game systems and mobile gaming converging (Nintendo recently announced that it would take its games to mobile in a new partnership), but it hasn’t happened yet. While the mobile industry gets the full spotlight with its billions of daily plays and dollars earned, portables such as Nintendo’s 3DS and Sony’s PlayStation Vita are left in the dark. And with over 25 years of history supporting portables, it seems wrong to throw it aside for the more popular market.