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Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

While that may be technically true the overlap between phone games and console/PC games is no minute as to make them effectively two seperate markets. At its best phone gaming conists of people running DOS box on their phone and playing DOOM with a bluetooth mouse, at its worst phone gaming is a bunch of shovel ware gache trash appealing to the lowest common denominator.

The reason why phone gaming will never take over the computer/console market is because it is just absolutely filled with shit, also phone are just too underpowered and clunky when it comes to controls.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    At its best phone gaming conists of people running DOS box on their phone and playing DOOM with a bunch bluetooth mouse, at its worst phone gaming is a bunch of shovel ware gache trash appealing to the lowest common denominator.

    To put it bluntly, your whole comment shows you have zero clue about the mobile gaming market, how big it is, the overlap, and what people are actually playing.

    The reason why phone gaming will never take over the computer/console market is because it is just absolutely filled with shit, also phone are just too underpowered and clunky when it comes to controls.

    Absolutely not. There are a lot of naff games, as there are on consoles, but a shitload of games which have brought out hugely competitive scenes. The mobile gaming market has already taken over the handheld scene; yes, the Switch is popular, however people game on phones in far bigger numbers. League of Legends on Android alone has over 50m downloads (not sure the exact number), plus Apple downloads and it's more than any Switch game. There are multiple games with these numbers, and far from clunky.

    "Underpowered" is a joke; we've had powerful gaming phones for a fair few years now, many are more powerful than a Switch yet they aren't good enough in your eyes? My phone (not a gaming one, just a Pixel) plays Dreamcast games better than my Dreamcast did, and whatever else I've thrown at it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I put games like bubg, fortnite, and league of legends in the exploitative trash category, im aware theyre on phone I just dont respect them to begin. Also that is the small area of overlap I mentioned. As for how big it is, I dont particularly care, my point was that the mobile market and traditional gaming market are effectively two different markets with little overlap. Also downloads mean nothing, give me actual fucken player numbers cause in my opinion downloads mean nothing since you can download a game and never play it my steam library for example.

    As for the Switch I dont really care if modern tech outstrips it its getting a bit old, seriously I would hope a piece of tech that was released in 2017 was being outstripped by newer stuff.

    And yes I do mean underpowered, even the most advanced phone will pale in comparison to anything bigger than it from overheat alone. The battery is right on the rest of the electronics meaning as the battery and electronics run they heat eachother up and start to lose performance, add on passive cooling and you end up with a distinct loss of performance. If you know of a phone with a cooling fan on the back let me know id love to have it.

    And yeah id fucken hope a modern phone of decent quality could run the games of a 25 year old console better than the console itself. If ya want to impress me when it comes to your phones power run Warhammer total war III, Resident Evil 4 Remake, or even Crusader Kings 2 hell ill give ya bonus points if ya can run it with the Geheimnisnacht mod.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    You can go find player numbers if you like, there are a tonne of people playing multiplayer games online on their phones all the time, more than anything else.

    Whether you respect them or not matters not one bit to anyone else.

    First you say phones are underpowered, now you say they should be more powerful than a Switch because of the age... take your pick, don't hop between at your convenience.

    What are you on about with batteries? The Switch is the same, the battery is next to everything else inside as it's just a tablet. Like the Switch, gaming phones have fans too. What are modern phones paling in comparison to exactly? Passive cooling of what? Phones have fans, like my Redmagic.

    The Dreamcast is what I've been emulating as it's my favourite console; it emulates at a much higher resolution. Feel free to check out what other emulation it can do, as I know it can do some Switch stuff.

    Not that I need to impress you, but how about Death Stranding? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/death-stranding-directors-cut/id6449748961

    And all the MOBAs which run smooth as.

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