Thunderbolt: "While the iPhone has become just as legitimate a gaming device as Nintendo’s and Sony’s portables, Android still struggles to find its place. There are a few major reasons why Android is still lacking."
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
Oo! Now Android's getting a kicking, where does it end?
There's only Microsoft and Apple left, now which one is going to turn out to be in the pockets of the media?
Gaming wise I think android will be behind iOS/apple because there is no hardware minimum and too many versions of android. I like that android has more choices when it comes to picking a device but I dislike the fact only a few phones can run med to high-end games. I got a LG ally personally its great for running low end emulators (snes,gbc&a,sega) and low-end games but everything else not so much.
Don't get me wrong, Android's fragmentation really doesn't help developers who are trying to ensure that their games run smoothly on most phones. Also, developing for iOS is pretty developer friendly. There's not much work to be done to ensure that your application is compatible across all iOS devices. Thus all in all, you get a very nice user experience on iOS. Fruit Ninja is a good example of a good experience on iOS, which I am afraid didn't transfer well over to Android.
However, I don't think the state of Android is that dire. In the Android 10p sale, I got some absolutely fantastic games, which were high quality. I hadn't purchased anything from the Android store until that sale and now I would be more inclined to. Jelly Defence for instance is a high quality game that I am enjoying. For reference state, I am running these on a Galaxy S2.
Hopefully Ice Cream Sandwich does what it is suppose to do and pulls together Android and reduces the fragmentation. I predict that you'll find much more high quality applications and games arriving on Android in 2012 as the big manufactures start pushing out their Ice Cream Sandwich devices and the uptake increases.
i think android gaming would do alot better if more phone adopted the playstation certified program (or something similar) because it would be a good store and would give some guarantees that the phone will run the apps they sell
iPhone didn't do it first
There were thousands of Symbian and Java ME games long before the iPhone came along. Many of those have since been ported to iPhone and Android.
The main problem with Android with regards to gaming is the same as the problem that affected Java ME, too much diversity and fragmentation. If you want to make money you need to target the lowest common denominator which means not making the best use of the device.