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[–] doctorcherry@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There’s some negativity about the price due to it being much higher than usual for a mobile platform. But I hope that it does well. Despite having good hardware games on iOS, iPad OS and TV OS are really lacking in quality. If this game shows there is a viable market for AAA games then that could change.

[–] TheYang@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not convinced that mobile is a good platform for longer-term games.
want to spend 5-10 minutes waiting on the bus while flapping a bird or crushing some candy? makes sense to me.
Resident Evil? I'm not so sure.
On the other hand, Fortnite seems to work, so what do I know?

Anyway, I think Phones have become powerful enough that they should be able to get docked to a Desk/TV. Then it makes more sense to me again, a Phone could be the only computing device most people use

[–] Eggyhead@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m sure a five minute wait playing RE4 on your phone will also leave you hunting for a charger at your next destination as well. As cool as it would be to play big games, my phone is just too important for everything else.

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Fair. Although Pokémon go players seem to have found a solution for that problem ^^

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Shared by Glitterinfection above: iPhone 15 Pro Can Plug Into A Monitor For Gaming, And It Looks Good.

Apart from that, steam deck is hugely successful. You could get a controller that wraps around your phone and you basically have the same thing (with many asterisks).