nkarafo
Member
Am i just too cynical or is this a thing?
Let me explain.
Android/IOS games are mostly simple/casual friendly games and shovelware. Of course, there are a few good games that work well with the limited touch screen controls and even a few classics. But i want to talk about the former in this topic.
Now, im not interested about non-gamers or casual gamers who don't have consoles and were never interested in videogames. I want to talk about people who used to game a lot on consoles/PCs/handhelds and now they only play silly, mindless games on their phones.
I see this happening with my friends. We used to game a lot together since the 16bit generation. These guys have new home consoles, one had a 3DS, the other has a VITA etc. But for some reason they play more with their phones instead of their consoles. And i'm not talking in buses but in their homes too. And i don't mean good phone games. I'm talking about endless runners, generic racing games at 20fps and first person corridor shooters with excessive auto aim (because these games are impossible to control with a touch interface).
So i'm in my friend's house, he has a WiiU with Mario Kart8, a Mario 3D world that he hasn't finished yet, the new smash Bros and he also has a 3DS with a few games (most unfinished) and all i see him doing is playing random games in his phone. So i ask him this simple question: Would you play those games if they were on the console/handheld/PC? Would you ever play this endless runner, or this unremarkable racing game there?
The answer was no, of course. He has much better games on these devices. And he used to play much better games in the past too. He even acknowledge that. Yet for some reason that nobody can't explain, he likes playing them on the smartphone. It's a shinny new iPhone6, he HAS to do something with it, right? Same thing with my other friend, he has a Galaxy S4 and like to play a 20fps racing game that looks awful, yet he does. It seems like i'm the only one who doesn't play many games on his phone, which is only logical since i have better games to play elsewhere.
I know about the "ease of use". You just carry the thing everywhere you go (its a phone) and you are bored in the bus so your gaming standards don't apply. So you may play that mindless endless runner for a bit, its better than sitting while watching other people's faces awkwardly. But playing time wasters like this when you have better alternatives? I mean these people used to play awesome games on their consoles. How can they find anything worth playing about an endless runner? Or a slow racing game that has weird controls and bad frame rate?
So, do smartphone gamers play these games ONLY so they can justify their expensive new device? Or are they so bored that putting the disc/cart in a console is too much work for them now?
Let me explain.
Android/IOS games are mostly simple/casual friendly games and shovelware. Of course, there are a few good games that work well with the limited touch screen controls and even a few classics. But i want to talk about the former in this topic.
Now, im not interested about non-gamers or casual gamers who don't have consoles and were never interested in videogames. I want to talk about people who used to game a lot on consoles/PCs/handhelds and now they only play silly, mindless games on their phones.
I see this happening with my friends. We used to game a lot together since the 16bit generation. These guys have new home consoles, one had a 3DS, the other has a VITA etc. But for some reason they play more with their phones instead of their consoles. And i'm not talking in buses but in their homes too. And i don't mean good phone games. I'm talking about endless runners, generic racing games at 20fps and first person corridor shooters with excessive auto aim (because these games are impossible to control with a touch interface).
So i'm in my friend's house, he has a WiiU with Mario Kart8, a Mario 3D world that he hasn't finished yet, the new smash Bros and he also has a 3DS with a few games (most unfinished) and all i see him doing is playing random games in his phone. So i ask him this simple question: Would you play those games if they were on the console/handheld/PC? Would you ever play this endless runner, or this unremarkable racing game there?
The answer was no, of course. He has much better games on these devices. And he used to play much better games in the past too. He even acknowledge that. Yet for some reason that nobody can't explain, he likes playing them on the smartphone. It's a shinny new iPhone6, he HAS to do something with it, right? Same thing with my other friend, he has a Galaxy S4 and like to play a 20fps racing game that looks awful, yet he does. It seems like i'm the only one who doesn't play many games on his phone, which is only logical since i have better games to play elsewhere.
I know about the "ease of use". You just carry the thing everywhere you go (its a phone) and you are bored in the bus so your gaming standards don't apply. So you may play that mindless endless runner for a bit, its better than sitting while watching other people's faces awkwardly. But playing time wasters like this when you have better alternatives? I mean these people used to play awesome games on their consoles. How can they find anything worth playing about an endless runner? Or a slow racing game that has weird controls and bad frame rate?
So, do smartphone gamers play these games ONLY so they can justify their expensive new device? Or are they so bored that putting the disc/cart in a console is too much work for them now?
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