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Anon checks out mobile gaming (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I suspect that most of it comes down to passive cooling, most phones dont have active cooling systems like fans so even if it has decent specs its gonna bottleneck rather rapidly.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There were brilliant games from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's that ran on comparatively primitive machines. A decent phone today can very easily emulate a Gameboy an N64 or even a Playstation 1 or Xbox.

I understand that many people think good graphics = good game and vice versa but I think an interesting story, novel puzzles or original concepts are so much more important than how real a game looks. High-end computing power is simply not required to make a great game.

I agree with other people in the thread, people just don't want to pay £40, £50, £60+ for a mobile game, they want it for free and then complain when the games are a grind unless they pay all the micro transactions. Good games won't come unless people are willing to pay for them.