Quote Originally Posted by treismac View Post
Warning: Cranky post. Take with a grain of salt.My problem is that there are some really great games that come out for these systems that their developers should have released on a proper system!!
Maybe its because I've always had handhelds since the original GameBoy back in '89, but I don't understand this line of thought at all. Handhelds ARE proper systems. They're self contained and have the benefit of being able to be played anywhere, from on the bus to on the couch to on the crapper. (oh like you don't)

I have no desire to ever really sit down and play handheld games on a tv, but there are solutions for that too, most notably the Super GameBoy, GameBoy Player and PSP 2000-Go. But while I agree with you on some points, I think portables have an advantage over consoles that need to be tethered to a tv. I'm not sure I'd sit through a random encounter RPG or play a dungeon crawler on a console game ever again, but I love those kinds of games on handhelds.