Though cheap mobile games, like the incredibly successful Angry Birds have done phenomenally well for their developers, Nintendo boss Reggie Fils-Aime thinks that they are "one of the biggest risks today” for the games industry.

Speaking in an interview hosted on Gametrailers, Reggie put forward an interesting case: that cheap mobile games devalue other hand-held games. Reggie thinks that low-priced, hand-held games could trigger a trend with customers who demand high quality content for much cheaper prices. This, he feels, could damage the industry.

“Angry Birds is a great piece of experience," said Reggie. "But that is one compared to thousands of other pieces of content that for one or two dollars I think create a mentality for the consumer that a piece of gaming content should only be $2.”

Reggie has reason to speak up now due to the launch of the company's latest hand-held, the 3DS, later this year. But do these cheap, disposable games really pose a threat to success of Nintendo's first party software and other third party titles that are planned for the 3DS?

Personally, we don't mind paying for quality. What angers us is when you pay £30 or more for a low quality game that can be completed in a few hours - one that isn't worth anywhere near the amount it retails for. At least if you pay a couple of pounds for a game, it's not that big a gamble if it does turn out to be rubbish. In the case of Angry Birds, it's probably the best couple of pounds we've ever spent on gaming. Currently, Nintendo DS software sells for anything up to £35 a unit.

With the rise in the popularity of mobile gaming and the arrival of the PlayStation Suite for Android devices soon to be become a reality, Nintendo may well have good reason to be worried. Are there many people out there who care less about expensive 3D gaming when they can get their hand-held kicks for pennies?

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Source - Gametrailers