Opinion blog from NowGamer that explores the negative effects of App Store, and how it might impact the wider industry if it remains unregulated and checked.
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
Yep most probably
Definitely infact
It’s just since apple got official dualsense support a while ago, (ios 14.5, it was 2 years ago now) I thought it useful to post here
The beaten quite a few prolific companies the past like universal so it's not unwinable
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Epic Games winning its cases against both Apple and Google is shaping the way forward for the future of mobile gaming.
I feel alot of mobile gamers are kids which will at some point probably turn to console or pc. Mobile gaming just doesn't cut it for me.
tru dat, but i feel like it's gonna be a lot more viable for people who travel a lot or don't want to invest in a full gaming rig. Think of it as a Switch on drugs, with a LOT more room for free illegal downloads.
Ignore the report. The article actually champions Apple and says App Store is a great thing, but warns that too much of a good thing can be bad.
The reporter is clearly an Apple fan boy.
Greed, yes. Inferior ports - check. Love having bespoke touch screen games in my pocket though.
apple and gaming , these two words just dont go together , apple and ripoff now these two sound much better together.
The guy who wrote the article has a bit of a chip on his shoulder and needs to calm down. Yes the app store could be organized better but it's still great.
One thing that really bugs me though that he didn't mention was people giving a game 1 star because the game crashed on their device. This happens a lot and usually the problem gets patched quickly but then the game which might have been wonderful gets over looked if it averages below 4 stars.
And I don't agree every game has to be new and not a port. I'm having a blast playing GTA3 on iOS and I was more than happy to break the 69p rule and pay £2.99 for it. Truth is people don't want to risk more than 69p because there really is some rubbish on there and you could quite easily end up getting stung.
The way games are rated needs improvement and maybe a media score section would help us decide which games to get as I agree the public can't always be trusted. They are a whining set of cry babies by and large.