I must be overestimating the market for tablet gamers. It seems like we used to pay $200-400 for console game systems that didn't include a TV or stereo sound (sure, we all had TVs). I've spent around and below the low end of that range on half a dozen tablets, some as gifts, and the price of this kind of hardware is going down while hardware quality goes up.
Now many people are shelling out just as much for tablets and phones (or through subsidy plans, eventually paying as much as for TV consoles). Today, I have a Wii Mini which was $99, pay extra for more controllers, $10-30 a game since mostly all Wii games are used, or at least are priced as used... and I couldn't be happier that there's no way to hook it up to the internet and Pay-to-Play.
I wish that some of the games were more casual, but from a small sample, the Lego LOTR game is engaging, multiplayer, and really just couldn't be done at all on a small screen with a touch interface. Same goes for Just Dance, or Michael Jackson Experience. Still I can't help feeling like the makers of games for iOS and Android are sandbagging the market. It is about depth for me, and I honestly can't say that I've seen a lot of Android games competing on a much higher level than even the crappiest Wii games that I got for under $10.
Then again, I haven't paid more than $7 for any Android game.
Now many people are shelling out just as much for tablets and phones (or through subsidy plans, eventually paying as much as for TV consoles). Today, I have a Wii Mini which was $99, pay extra for more controllers, $10-30 a game since mostly all Wii games are used, or at least are priced as used... and I couldn't be happier that there's no way to hook it up to the internet and Pay-to-Play.
I wish that some of the games were more casual, but from a small sample, the Lego LOTR game is engaging, multiplayer, and really just couldn't be done at all on a small screen with a touch interface. Same goes for Just Dance, or Michael Jackson Experience. Still I can't help feeling like the makers of games for iOS and Android are sandbagging the market. It is about depth for me, and I honestly can't say that I've seen a lot of Android games competing on a much higher level than even the crappiest Wii games that I got for under $10.
Then again, I haven't paid more than $7 for any Android game.