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Those Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil and Death Stranding iPhone ports have bombed (mobilegamer.biz)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world
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[–] Master167@lemmy.world 57 points 11 months ago

A $50 game on mobile phones.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 50 points 11 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 11 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 22 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's an iPhone port of death stranding?

[–] nezbyte@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Requires an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPad

[–] llii@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 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 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Different typa gamer...

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

[–] efstajas@lemmy.world 20 points 11 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.