@Hvac0120 I respect your opinion but in my opinion, a device's primary function as well as the types of media it recieves defines what it is. The primary function of a phone is to be a phone, thus it is not a console. Even though handhelds can play MP3s now, you don't pick up a handheld console and say "I bought a new MP3 player." Just because it do something doesn't mean that is what it is. So to me, the iPhone does not fit the niche of what a true game platform is. The iPhone isn't a device you buy where you can just stick a game in it and play it. It comes with contracts which handhelds do not (unless you want a 3G Vita). You can't walk into a store and buy a physical media representation of a game for an iPhone. You can't buy an iPhone and expect to be able to use it for at least 2 years because every time you blink there's yet another iPhone. You don't get that issue with handhelds as they only come out about every two years with updates and are usually just minor cosmetic improvements. I can buy a PS Vita and expect to not see PS Vita SX 6 months later. As for the touch controls of Dead Space, some folks just aren't comfortable with using their thumbs to block such a large portion of a screen nor with what they see as generally unresponsive. Physical buttons are just better, or what the DS has done for touch-controlled games as even though the screen on an old DS is inferior in picture quality it is far more precise. On the Vita there's no real need for touch controls because there are actual buttons and sticks and triggers. It is what it is, the current generation handhelds can call themselves real consoles, the iPhone cannot.
