Some game industry experts agree that the game is hardly over for video game companies like Nintendo and Sony. In fact, rather than hurting the handheld gaming industry, mobile handsets and tablets may be stimulating the market by introducing games to people who normally wouldn’t play them, said Pietro Macchiarella, a research analyst for Parks Associates.

A Parks Associates survey found that the United States gaming population grew from 56 million gamers in 2008 to 135 million in 2011. That growth is largely in the “casual gamer” segment, which is the most popular gaming genre on smartphones and on Facebook, the survey said.

“The opportunity from the mobile devices is that they’re making the pie bigger,” Mr. Macchiarella said.

From the article, "Nintendo Says the 3DS Holds Its Own Against Game Apps" by Brian Chen

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