I find it useful and always use it on long flights.
For those of us who refuse to check in luggage unless it's strictly necessary, packing a console tends to be an unaffordable luxury.
I could use my phone, of course. But for gaming, the state of mobile gaming is so atrocious with all the exploitative pay2win crap that I'd often rather play one of the pedestrian but innocent in-flight games. And for movies, at least in my view, the phone is uncomfortable with the small screen and the need to somehow hold it, I'd rather play a martial arts movie on the plane screen and relax.
Of course, the fact that people find it useful doesn't mean that it cannot die - many of us also find having decent legroom useful and it's a thing of the past on most airlines...
For those of us who refuse to check in luggage unless it's strictly necessary, packing a console tends to be an unaffordable luxury.
I could use my phone, of course. But for gaming, the state of mobile gaming is so atrocious with all the exploitative pay2win crap that I'd often rather play one of the pedestrian but innocent in-flight games. And for movies, at least in my view, the phone is uncomfortable with the small screen and the need to somehow hold it, I'd rather play a martial arts movie on the plane screen and relax.
Of course, the fact that people find it useful doesn't mean that it cannot die - many of us also find having decent legroom useful and it's a thing of the past on most airlines...