Hand held gaming has come on in leaps and bounds over the last few years. Gone are the days of lighting up a set of stationary LCD aliens, hand held gaming is every bit as hi-tech as its home based counter part.
The mobile gaming market has been a difficult one to break into in the past. It is dominated by a couple of big manufacturers. Gaming as a whole has changed drastically over the last few years; the target age group has risen from teens to twenties and beyond.
Hand held gaming has become extremely popular with all age groups, but which are the three to look out for? Which are the three best hand-held consoles?
Nintendo Game Boy
The game boy is looking a little dated now but back in 1989 it was a technological wonder and it became so popular that it is impossible to create this list without mentioning it. The Game Boy was an 8 bit black and white device that had some of the most addictive games ever created. Titles such as Tetris made the Game Boy a huge success.
Sony PSP
Sony entered the hand held games market with the PSP or Playstation portable in 2004 and it was basically a portable Playstation 1. The size of the screen meant that the otherwise blocky graphics of the Playstation actually looked extremely sharp on the PSP. The PSP was the very first hand held gaming system to use optical disks rather than cartridges. It has a huge screen, popular games titles and good connectivity options. The fact that the Sony PSP still sells well 7 years after its launch is a testament to its greatness.
Nintendo 3DS
The newest device in our line up is another helping from the games giant that is Nintendo. The 3DS was launched early in 2011 and is the first console and in fact one of the first entertainment devices ever to offer a 3D display without the use of glasses. The effect is simply stunning and no doubt over the years will become as successful as the Game Boy was before it. If it had been on the market longer it would have been our number 1.
