Let's set the record straight. Like many of you, I am a smartphone user. At the time of this article I use an Android phone and can see my self switching to Windows Phone in the near future. While I am a gamer, and do like to play on the go, I do not like the majority of smartphone games. In order to avoid these games, I usually bring a Playstation Vita whenever I am in a gaming mood. This shouldn't be the case however, as I would love it if mobile games were good, if they were smart, however the problem is that the majority are not. There are a few exceptions, games such as Jetpack Joyride, Fruit Ninja, and Temple Run. Why are just these games quality hits? Its time to dissect the mobile game industry, both smartphone, and handheld, to show what it should and shouldn't do.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
I think it would probably be better for all of us in the long run if they just went away.
my favorite saying
"Console-like graphics"
The restrictions placed by Nintendo and Sony is a barrier to any hack that shows up with a garbage clone app and tries to peddle it off to unsuspecting fools....like survivalcraft or the various runner clones.
I'd much rather have less filler and more solid games and that will never be the case on ios or android. Both of those platforms allows any riff raff calling themselve s a developer crate an app, so the entire market is flooded with trash.
I have never in my life bought a mobile app game. I've never bought a game on the ipod touch, android, etc.
I couldn't be any happier.
There's nothing wrong with mobile games, I play them quite frequently. But I've been playing on consoles since the Sega Genesis, and I think they can coexist. I really like being able to play short bursts of Modern Combat 4 and Where's My Water is a greatgame to play wwhen I'm resting in bed, but mobile games are going to keep tripping over themselves because the mobile devs are failing to realize something very important. People don't buy $1 mobile games to have a console-like experience, just as gamers don't pay $70 for a mobile game experience. If mobile games try to cram their way into a market that isn't made for them, of course they'll fail, it would neither suprise nor bother me.