Uh, I think they were making a joke, guys...
What exactly is so funny about what they said? Congrats, it doesn't apply to you. But why mock someone who has different preferences, exactly?
Thinking that handhelds are more suited to short burst games than long drawn out gaming sessions is not a controversial nor a ridiculous opinion to have. Get off your high horse.
Because I grew up playing long drawn out gaming sessions on handhelds, and like having a screen close to my face. If I'm honest, 1-2 hours is rarely enough if I'm going to be playing on a home console - most of my home console sessions are 3-4 hours minimum, whenever I do go out of the way to play on them.
Yes, there are people out there who prefer playing on a worse looking screen close to their face where the controller and screen are a part of the same device. So when I constantly get told "why would anyone want to play a handheld asides from short bursts, when they could just play on an hd tv", I just find it funny.
Tbh, I'd really like more games like Kid Icarus Uprising on handhelds. Those sorts of games that feel so packed and FULL. But if it were up to some of the people in this thread, KI:U shouldn't have ever even come out on a portable console.
If/when I get an NX, I see myself playing it in it's portable form much more, even if I have the console form available. It's one of the reasons the NX excites me, because I'm hoping it will kill this silly discussion and assumption about portable games. People will stop dismissing the games that come out on handhelds because that handheld is also a home console. Won't have to hear about how much someone would like this game, but it should've been for home consoles and been HD.
Does that make sense? I'm not going to declare how tired I am of gamers who prefer handhelds being persecuted or some shit, at the end of the day, I'm still discussing video games, and play on both portable and home consoles, and thankfully don't suffer from one of these being overly uncomfortable for me. But someone legitimately preferring to sometimes sit down or lie down on the couch with their 3DS to play a game for a couple of hours even while a TV is in the same damn room isn't some impossibility.
This point right here is anecdotal bullshit until I actually pull up evidence that I will probably forget to do, but with the WiiU, I remember reading about people talking about how much they would use Off-TV Play, and really enjoy it. When playing on the WiiU, say for 3D World, I found myself often playing looking down when I as player 1, even if the tv screen in front of me was large and good looking enough.
Smaller screen helps me focus, for example, and be aware of everything that's happening to a greater degree than tv screens do. Not even just because of the 2nd screen, but just in general, I find navigating menus, UI, etc., easier in portable games. I play platformers better on portables with their tiny and ugly screens. If say KH3 on NX was a thing, I'd probably play a ton of it portable, even while I was at home (where I do most of my gaming)