"And sales of the consoles themselves — from Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp., and Nintendo — are down. While some of the decline can be ­attributed to upcoming releases of a new generation of consoles, mobile is playing a big part."

The author hits on the truth here, but immediately shifts gears to protect his angle. 

Console sales are falling because it's been years since a new consolse has been released, and most of the people who buy such devices already own one. When new consoles like the Wii U and whatever Sony and Microsoft cook up are released, expect those sales to skyrocket.

I would love to see a poll of gamers who prefer to play games on their phones rather than on more powerful consoles or even handhelds like the Playstation Vita or Nintendo 3DS (which are still more powerful than phones). I'd imagine there aren't very many of them. Just because you found one 27-year-old patent lawyer who is apparently "junking" her PlayStation and Wii in favor of her phone does not make this a trend (and by the way, which PlayStation are we talking about? PlayStation 1, 2 or 3? Do details not matter to reporters?)

I think the premise for the article is a distortion of reality. The market may be saturated with game consoles right now, and many serious gamers actually use juiced-up PC's which can be much more powerful than the game machines.

Mr. Farrell must have little or no experience with game machines or PC-based gaming, because no phone has enough power to run the more sophisticated available on those platforms. Phones are fine for solitaire, tetris, and Angry Birds.