Future of Games
by Dexter Chow · in General Discussion · 10/21/2011 (12:52 pm) · 22 replies
I am curious what you all think of the rise of mobile and tablet games. As an old school PC and handheld gamer, I was slow to accept the move to iPhone and I waited until iPad 2 before getting a tablet to play games.
Now I am a true believer that there is a shift from handhelds like the DS and PSP to mobile as well as a lot of PC games moving to tablet. Here is how it changed for me.
iPod 2G = 3 years ago, started playing tower defense, racing and puzzle games
bought a couple more iPod 3G and 4G = last year for my wife and kids
bought first iPad 2 = early this year for wife
bought iPad 2 = for myself 4 months ago and play all my casual games, adventure games and about half my role playing games on this platform.
In other words, I find I spend about 50% of all my gaming on iPad 2 or my Android phone. I don't see this trend changing in the short term. This is a shocking change for me because I used to do 80% of my gaming on PC or console. So my gaming habits changed because the iPad 2 input is so compelling. (I think it also helps that most of the games I buy are $.99!)
How has mobile/tablet gaming affected your gaming habits? How about the future? Will handhelds continue to lose marketshare? Will tablets replace PCs?
Now I am a true believer that there is a shift from handhelds like the DS and PSP to mobile as well as a lot of PC games moving to tablet. Here is how it changed for me.
iPod 2G = 3 years ago, started playing tower defense, racing and puzzle games
bought a couple more iPod 3G and 4G = last year for my wife and kids
bought first iPad 2 = early this year for wife
bought iPad 2 = for myself 4 months ago and play all my casual games, adventure games and about half my role playing games on this platform.
In other words, I find I spend about 50% of all my gaming on iPad 2 or my Android phone. I don't see this trend changing in the short term. This is a shocking change for me because I used to do 80% of my gaming on PC or console. So my gaming habits changed because the iPad 2 input is so compelling. (I think it also helps that most of the games I buy are $.99!)
How has mobile/tablet gaming affected your gaming habits? How about the future? Will handhelds continue to lose marketshare? Will tablets replace PCs?
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Err... if anyone finds that offensive, please tell me so I can remove it. But seriously, who would this offend?
03/26/2012 (8:15 am)
I couldn't agree more Steve. They aren't faceless though.Err... if anyone finds that offensive, please tell me so I can remove it. But seriously, who would this offend?
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More like paving the way for faceless multinational publishers to sell the last section of the game as DLC ... as if selling "unlocks" for day 1 DLC that's already included on disk wasn't enough of a method to shaft extra dollars out of people ... :|