But mobile games can be played anywhere, which is a huge advantage over console gaming, and almost anyone can play them play. This is how the mobile gaming industry thrives. Even if the games are of higher quality, if they are not as convenient to play, they are still smaller than a simple mobile game become bulky. Even with less graphics and generally worse controls, that doesn't mean it can't entice a user to play the game. What is the real goal of games in the first place, to entertain the player. This goes hand in hand with the variety of games, while consoles offer many different types of games, mobile games have their own majority game type. Side-scrollers don't tend to be very successful on consoles, but are huge on mobile. This is because side-scrolling games try to grab the user's attention for a short while instead of long and complicated games. This shows the individuality of mobile games: instead of just a worse version of the console, mobile gaming offers its own types of entertaining games. Convenience is also why consoles became so large, as they were more practical than large stationary arcade consoles.