Sony and Nintendo should stop making consoles, says UKIE chairman
Android and iOS the way forward
Sony and Nintendo should stop making consoles and focus on developing software, according to Andy Payne, chairman of UK Interactive Entertainment.
Speaking at Develop Liverpool, Payne responded to a question from an audience member addressing the limitations imposed on first-party software.
“I think it would be a massive relief to both Sony and Nintendo to become content-only,” said Payne. “Right now, they might not even know it. You know that thing where you take drugs and you think it's the best thing in the world? Then you get off them and go, 'What was I doing?'
"To answer your question: Imagine any Mario or Zelda property being on the iPhone or an Android phone. They'd get £10 or £15 for it, because people would want to pay to have it on their phone. They would. And that would be amazing. And Sony's content is amazing. I mean, Uncharted... it's just brilliant!
"I'm not knocking those guys, because they really do make fantastic games. And when we kind of get that bit over, wouldn't it be refreshing to have Nintendo really making stuff for the iPhone, Android, and all the other stuff that's around?"
While it would be incredibly pleasing to jump between the Mario and Uncharted franchises on an iOS or Android handset, it remains to be seen how a single device would handle the specific control demands of each title.
Destructoid