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[TheInfamousKira]

Mud of The Year. "that shit looked like chocolate crumble. 10/10"

Residirt Earthvil Floor

Rescue the president's potter.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Residirt Earthvil Floor

Rescue the president's potter.

Early Access:

 

[20cent]

You're going to try and downplay the fact that a phone has a GPU that can compete with previous 1.8 TF home console GPU's?

That's impressive and all, but that phone costs at least 5x the price of a previous gen home console

 

[realcool]

That's impressive and all, but that phone costs at least 5x the price of a previous gen home console

yeah but can you play a strand-like game while you take a strand-like shit at work?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

It's so odd how so many people on this forum don't grasp the basic concept of being able to connect a controller to a phone...

If we are talking iPad? Maybe. With a phone it doesn’t make sense, integrated controls like Steam Deck and Switch are far superior.
Still doesn’t change the fact the economics are broken - mobile audience refuses to pay $5 for a game, yet alone $20-30-60. App Store doesn’t have frequent and themed game sales like other storefronts.

Impressive tech? Yes. Does it change anything? No.

 

[Elder Legend]

If we are talking iPad? Maybe. With a phone it doesn’t make sense, integrated controls like Steam Deck and Switch are far superior.
Still doesn’t change the fact the economics are broken - mobile audience refuses to pay $5 for a game, yet alone $20-30-60. App Store doesn’t have frequent and themed game sales like other storefronts.

Impressive tech? Yes. Does it change anything? No.

Please explain to me in greater detail how a current gen game playable on a mobile device does not change anything for the future of mobile gaming landscape.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Please explain to me in greater detail how a current gen game playable on a mobile device does not change anything for the future of mobile gaming landscape.

Because the economics are broken, so the only way you can earn money from your tech impressive, high budget game is - you guessed it! - more gacha thrash and agressive monetisation.

I guess 4K RT waifus will appeal to people.

 

[Elder Legend]

Because the economics are broken, so the only way you can earn money from your tech impressive, high budget game is - you guessed it! - more gacha thrash and agressive monetisation.

I guess 4K RT waifus will appeal to people.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Everyone worried about MS controlling the industry but it’ll be Apple, just you wait and see

 

[UnNamed]

AC is the real deal Here. RE is very scalable and we don't how how much the games are downgraded. AC are usually CPU intensive, I wonder how they will port this game.

 

[cripterion]

While I play Honkai Star Rail on my phone (Xiaomi 12T) mobile gaming is really not a comfortable experience. What's amazing to me in this announcement is the prices on those phones.

 

[TonyK]

Lol this is bad? It’s basically better switch controls.

I don't know. I never tried a controller from a third party with better response than official controllers from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Personally all I tried seem shit to me. The feeling of touching third party manufacturers buttons is

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Everyone worried about MS controlling the industry but it’ll be Apple, just you wait and see

Apple quietly already does control the industry. They are just super nice about it, unlike whatever MS is doing.

Visualizing Apple’s Rise to the Top of the Gaming Business

In 2020, Apple generated an estimated $13.5 billion dollars in gaming revenue, despite the fact it doesn't make any games or gaming consoles.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[theHFIC]

1080p games on a 4K TV looks like garbage, I dunno man, I don't see this being a desirable feature and most likely not be implemented very well.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see how the feature evolves over the years . I don’t think they are going for the living room right out the gate but very little will be stopping them.

Apple having some pretty decent (albeit older) games compiling natively for their mobile chips is the first foot in the door. iPad will come knocking next month with a bigger chip and pushing a bigger resolution.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I guess we’ll have to wait and see how the feature evolves over the years . I don’t think they are going for the living room right out the gate but very little will be stopping them.

Apple having some pretty decent (albeit older) games compiling natively for their mobile chips is the first foot in the door. iPad will come knocking next month with a bigger chip and pushing a bigger resolution.

The M4 chip for Macs with the new GPU are going to be terrifying next year. Nvidia better be watching out for those.

 

[Clear]

Porting those games is a criminal waste of resources imho.

Who cares how well they look/run when shackled to a form-factor that cuts the experience off at the knees?

Fuck that shit.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Porting those games is a criminal waste of resources imho.

Who cares how well they look/run when shackled to a form-factor that cuts the experience off at the knees?

Fuck that shit.

Fuck that nintendo switch

 

[Tarin02543]

This is more relevant to the M3 chip which will be 3nm and more than likely has this updated gpu as well

 

[Insane Metal]

Interesting. But I would never play those games on a smartphone.

 

[CherryFalls]

Switch oled with switch 2 on the way - Iphone 15 - Steam deck/asus rog ally

Handheld users eating very good right now

 

[Ozriel]

This doesn’t work at all, since many of the iphones have bigger screens than the Switch.

 

[Clear]

Fuck that nintendo switch

Nah, totally different beast. Switch is purpose built as a hybrid portable/console gaming machine. A phone or tablet with a native interface that is entirely touch-based is like serving soup with a fork!

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Nah, totally different beast. Switch is purpose built as a hybrid portable/console gaming machine. A phone or tablet with a native interface that is entirely touch-based is like serving soup with a fork!

 

[SportsFan581]

and overnight the iphone became the base for all future games?

I hope not.

Only if the sales were there. For F2P and GaaS titles I could see it though.

Could make a plugged in Apple TV an interesting product down the road however.

 

[Clear]

I really don't see too many people who are willing to stump up over a grand for a phone wanting to bolt on some shitty controller add-on to their prestige handset!

Soup meets fork again.

 

[Del_X]

Mobile hardware can run console hardware-level stuff with a few bells and whistles from 10 years ago. Not too surprising.

Bodes well for Switch 2.

 

[iorek21]

I still remember the emotional posts when Stadia was announced 4 years ago. People will always bite the hype bait, huh?

 

[64gigabyteram]

don't know. I never tried a controller from a third party with better response than official controllers from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.

Let me introduce you to the wonderful company known as 8Bitdo, my friend

 

[JimboJones]

Can't wait.

 

[Edgelord79]

This doesn’t work at all, since many of the iphones have bigger screens than the Switch.

 

[Geruda065]

I don't know. I never tried a controller from a third party with better response than official controllers from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. Personally all I tried seem shit to me. The feeling of touching third party manufacturers buttons is

This Backbone thing is horrible for any kind of serious gaming. Buttons are for kids hands and those sticks are too shallow, too sensitive and unusable.

 

[deriks]

I’m just here for the meltdowns. This is gonna be fun. With this and AC Mirage coming to mobile… we’ll see how the narrative starts to change that mobile gaming isn’t real gaming.

Playing those games is gaming. Playing Flap Bird, Candy Crush or Clash of Clans is not

 

[Fabieter]

I would at least go for the 512gb version if I would actually game heavily on a device that makes the price between 1.5 and 1.7k which is close to higher end PCs.

 

[RaduN]

I finished Wii Re4 some 4 or 5 times on my smartphone (Asus Rog 3), via Dolphin emulator, exclusively on touch controls.
Perfectly playable and very enjoyable.

I actually play hardocre shmups like Mushihimesama and Dodonpachi daily on my smartphone, and these games really need quick input reaponse. The touch controls are really not a problem at all, once you get used.

 

[shaddam]

So sad to see this

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

wrong post

 

[lestar]

without active cooling, you will need to use oven globes to play these games.

 

[Magic Carpet]

without active cooling, you will need to use oven globes to play these games.

True, I don't play many games on my iphone, but what I have the back gets really hot and the battery life gets really slim.

 

[The Stig]

Could not care less.

THIS. HARD.

 

[Trogdor1123]

pretty damn impressive really for a tiny little phone to do that. Tech has come so far. Let’s keep it going.