As a still regular game player, I have basically abandoned the android and iTunes stores, when it comes to finding games.
The problem is most games on these systems are terrible, and often either don't have a demo, and want to ckle and dime me to be able to make progress through the game.
On the other hand, while I might not like all the games on the Xbox online store, I find them to be of reasonable quality, have demos, and never require me to pay to make progress through the standard game.
I have found several friends have had a similar experience. Perhaps we are just dinosaurs, but I wonder if games on mobile are going to crash (or have already crashed, how many are selling any kinds of numbers? obviously some do well).
Within 2 to 3 months on either Google Play or iTunes, I grew completely bored by the offer. And I've purchased every hit from the beggining of mobile gaming era.
Every once in a while there is a game worth playing, but vast majority are suffering from lack of combinatory input space of touch.
There's only so many quality game mechanics which can be devised from having your fat finger on extremely small screen. Those that suffer less from that are puzzle games which don't really appeal to casual audience which dominates mobile & social games market.
Agree 100%. I don't understand why there isn't (at a minimum) a clip-on thumb-pad and 2-button controller for the iPhone. We don't need it built in like the Xperia Play but I need something to get my giant thumbs out of the field of view.
The games that do float to the top tend to be reasonably solid (or at the very least they do what they say on the tin) but even then a lot of them just aren't that great.
It just seems like a lot of mobile game developers have resigned themselves to shallow one trick games, riddled with poor value paid DLC and without even attempting to capture any of the charm or depth of their console (or PC) contemporaries.
It would be great for there to be that sense of buzz and excitement about the latest 'cool' games like there is on other platforms. I'd really like to be amazed every now and then.
The problem is most games on these systems are terrible, and often either don't have a demo, and want to ckle and dime me to be able to make progress through the game.
On the other hand, while I might not like all the games on the Xbox online store, I find them to be of reasonable quality, have demos, and never require me to pay to make progress through the standard game.
I have found several friends have had a similar experience. Perhaps we are just dinosaurs, but I wonder if games on mobile are going to crash (or have already crashed, how many are selling any kinds of numbers? obviously some do well).