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Those Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil and Death Stranding iPhone ports have bombed (mobilegamer.biz)
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[–] Master167@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago

A $50 game on mobile phones.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would I shell out $50 to play on a tiny ass screen with shitty touchscreen controls? Fuck that noise.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

RE4 is 30 and Death Stranding is 20. AC is 50 though. Also the games say controller recommended. You’d def have to be nuts to play without one.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Publishers when a game specifically designed for consoles does not sell like Candy Crush on mobile: :shocked_pikachu_face:

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago

Wait...Death Stranding had a mobile port?!

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's an iPhone port of death stranding?

[–] nezbyte@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Requires an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPad

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 months ago

The issues I have with these ports:

  • They are harder to control if you don't use a controller.
  • Using a controller is cumbersome when you're not at home
  • I don't know if I can play these ports in 10 years. With a console, I'm pretty sure my PS5 games will work in 10 years because the platform won't change and the PC is at least an open platform, so there is a chance that older games will still be playable on newer systems. But on iPhone it's not guaranteed.
[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 5 months ago

Tbh, I probably would have started with something a bit less complicated than those games.

Portal 2 would have been a better option, IMO. Something with relatively simple controls and not super enemy-focused.

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Different typa gamer...

Get them candy crush with mtx... that's what prints on mobile

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

I think it's mostly just that phones by themselves absolutely suck as a form factor for pretty much everything but casual games.