Why develop games for handheld consoles when mobile devices exist

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>>378872848
>Sacrifice some controls
Fuck that

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>>378872848
why make real games at all when you can make garbage tier games and have microtransactions.
so you make millions of dollars for a larger audience of whales.

>>378872848
>when mobile devices exist and are capable of rivaling them?

I can't remember the last time I played a mobile game that is as fun as handheld games. Devs actually make a effort to make handheld games good. Mobile games on the other hand are fast cash grab crap with micro transactions... mostly pay2win crap.

>>378872848
Because the mobile game industry is oversaturated with quick cash-ins games with over simplified controls and shallow gameplay aimed at casuals and kids who can't focus on a game for more than 30 minutes straight.

>sacrifice controls in favor of touch screens
>inb4 wireless controller for phones
No thank you.

You can definitely make a good turn-based RPGs on mobile devices but for whatever reason, no big company has made one yet.

>>378873519
Name a good handheld game which was released this year that you played.
>in before Switch games
>>378873527
Over-saturation of cash-ins doesn't mean you can't develop good games for the mobile market.

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It's weird because I played Super Mario Run and it was actually really fun.

>>378874118
and that game was a financial failure so the next games will feature more microtransactions and cheap scam tactics

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Here 3 games that I recommend for Mobile.
All made by the same group or person
Card Crawl
It let you get upgrades to a point, and then if you want to continue to further games, you just buy the full version. which isnt that expensive.

There are good games on mobile phones but they are the minority. Simply put the mobile phone game market is into quick games with in game stores with premium items for quick gratifications. Sadly this is the time we live in now.

>>378874408
>financial failure
It sold less than expected but "financial failure" is really overblown.

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because sometimes you can end up making the best main character in a series

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>>378874548
byt he same team, Card Thief
The gameplay is different and when you steal the Chest, you get classic "crate Timers"
or
you can just buy the complete game, and you will unlock instantly every crate forever,
YES, a crate system that dont want to steal your money every time
and is cheaper than Card Crawl.

also you play as a Spandex thight wearing woman thief

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The mobile market is so much bigger.
Second largest vs the smallest marketshare, mobile stuff probably require less work and have worse quality control.

From a financial standpoint it should be fucking obvious. Very little incentive to work on handhelds, especially when they are competing in pretty much the same area.

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>>378874867
And finally ENYO
a game where you play as a black gladiator woman that have to survive to an amount of level of puzzle and combat.
Its free, but the "expert level" is behind buying the full game, and it plays ads from time to time so you buy the real game and get them out.

This one is really hard, so Im to dumb to even finish one complete level

>>378873760
You can but who's going to buy it? Not the millions of players of clash of clans and its clones that's for sure.

Mobile gaming is utter rubbish

>>378872848
>Sure you sacrifice some controls
Try playing some fighting game on touchscreens, or shooters, SHMUPs, any fast action game and tons of other genres that require actual controls.
Turns out controls are much more important than you think.

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>>378875407
>Try playing some fighting game on touchscreens
Works fine.

>sure you sacrifice the single most important thing thats between the player and the game
fuck off mobilenigger

I play a lot of board game ports on mobile. I know that the games are great, and because they're all turn-based (or at least, there's no necessity of good reaction times) the controls don't figure into the enjoyment of the game.

>>378875680
Sure brah, sure.

>>378876236
I play SG Mobile on my phone every day. I like the controls.

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>>378875680
This isnt bad for a Phone game, it could be one of the best controlled fighting games.
But, for the more traditional player, this will feel shallow really fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85XY8ePa0E

>>378872848

I tried different games in the past on phones. Controls with just the touch screena nd using only fingers is garbage. GARBAGE.

Not to mention that shitty phone games dont even have 1/10 of depth of mobile console games, even the worst ones.

Seriously, everything is about p2w, filled with ads, dumb :clicker" with very limited options and all about repeting same steps over and over again.

Im glad that some handheld consoles still exist, since phone games ARE SHIT AND I WISH IT WOULD GET REMOVED AT ALL.

>>378872848
lucky for us you don't play or make video games. lucky for you there's a candy crush game show.

>>378875090
>quality control
there's none. The only control factors there are, are if your stuff has porn outwardly available in it. Other than that, anything goes. app store tries to stop malware too, but google play has no such attempts at keeping the games on it's market safe.

>>378876989
>pay to win sucks
>lemme just stick to pay to try
lmao

>>378875680
While the game is still pretty fun, it's sure as hell not on par with typical fighting games. Can't even face the other direction.

>>378873710
Hello?

>>378872848
Because there wouldn't be a Gravity Rush franchise.
No thanks, but mobile tier is not replacing actual handheld experience.

>>378873760
Toukiden 2