Do You Take Mobile Gaming Seriously Now?

With the recent rise in mobile gaming, I became a sceptic if it's still stuck in the N-Gage era, playing some junk apps on my brother's iPhone, I brushed it off as "casual" and "not serious" as I did many years ago. Now that I have my Xperia Play, I am overblown by the amount of legit games there is on the Android, and, Xperia Play itself.

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD, although I have no clue if it follows the story/original game or not. :P

Not to mention old school emulators, which enables us to play what we considered real gaming back then too. Stuff like Tekken 3, Street Fighter II are all easily played on it. Then we have the JRPGs, oh man, the JRPGs, Zenonia, Demon Hunter, and Eve of the Geneisis are all quite entertaining. There's also MMOs and casual Wii styled games out like Lets Golf too it seems.

So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the direction mobile gaming is headed at and I'm getting into the whole social networking, email, and texting thang too.

Where's your stance on it? Is it a serious medium for gaming to you now?

At this moment in time, no I don't.

Mindsets will likely change in five years though when mobile gaming is one of the largest markets.:(

I did in high school ... looking back I can't belive all that money I wasted on those freaking iphone games.

I never took mobile gaming seriously. I doubt I ever will. Who knows though.SOedipus

I never knew there was such a thing as mobile "gaming." :roll:

Nope, and i'll probably never will.

I never knew there was such a thing as mobile "gaming." :roll:

Tikeio

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD

Victorious_Fize

Quite good for a handheld game. None of those is anywhere close to their concole/PC version.

[QUOTE="SOedipus"]I never took mobile gaming seriously. I doubt I ever will. Who knows though.Victorious_Fize

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I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD

edidili

Quite good for a handheld game. None of those is anywhere close to their concole/PC version.

No, mostly because there's only a few games that actually have good controls. Only games that were on old consoles are worth playing and they're a pain because my phone doesn't have a keyboard.

[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"][QUOTE="SOedipus"]I never took mobile gaming seriously. I doubt I ever will. Who knows though.SOedipus

Nope. I play games on my Android phone, but I would never consider actually purchasing a cell phone game and nor would I consider replacing any of my dedicated gaming platforms with a cell phone. Free games like Angry Birds and Paper Toss are a decent distraction, but if I want to play a full-fledged handheld title I'll look to my 3DS, DS, or PSP. I prefer my handheld to have proper gaming controls, physical media, and decent battery life. If I played as many cell phone games as I do 3DS games I would have to charge my phone 24/7.savebattery

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[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"]

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD

Victorious_Fize

Quite good for a handheld game. None of those is anywhere close to their concole/PC version.

Then that's why they're not taken seriously.

Lol Wut? Mobile Gaming? Seriously? not a chance.

[QUOTE="Tikeio"]

I never knew there was such a thing as mobile "gaming." :roll:

Victorious_Fize

I was being sarcastic :P

But......

no.

and lol @ Gameloft being a good company. they have ripped off most of this generations games.

No, mobile games suck. Probably the only decent one is snake.

By the way, this is probably an appropriate thread to mention Shantae and Scribblenauts have moved over to iOS.

Its fun playing all my fav old Gameboy Advance and NES/SNES on my EVO:)...i went through all the Final Fantasies and quite a few "weird" japanese games that never came to the US from emualators...wait do emualators count as Mobile gaming or is that cheating lol?

No, no I don't.

I don't play games on my cellphone. I have dedicated handhelds with far more higher quality titles. So no, I do not take it seriously.

[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"][QUOTE="edidili"]

Quite good for a handheld game. None of those is anywhere close to their concole/PC version.

edidili

Then that's why they're not taken seriously.

I only play psp and soon vita these days

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[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"] I would be a fool to compare it to those mediums, I am talking about how it weighs on its own so far.p4s2p0

Then that's why they're not taken seriously.

I only play psp and soon vita these days

No...because it's a phone...

no never.. its stupid and boring :\

no, I don't.

With the recent rise in mobile gaming, I became a sceptic if it's still stuck in the N-Gage era, playing some junk apps on my brother's iPhone, I brushed it off as "casual" and "not serious" as I did many years ago. Now that I have my Xperia Play, I am overblown by the amount of legit games there is on the Android, and, Xperia Play itself.

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD, although I have no clue if it follows the story/original game or not. :P

Not to mention old school emulators, which enables us to play what we considered real gaming back then too. Stuff like Tekken 3, Street Fighter II are all easily played on it. Then we have the JRPGs, oh man, the JRPGs, Zenonia, Demon Hunter, and Eve of the Geneisis are all quite entertaining. There's also MMOs and casual Wii styled games out like Lets Golf too it seems.

So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the direction mobile gaming is headed at and I'm getting into the whole social networking, email, and texting thang too.

Where's your stance on it? Is it a serious medium for gaming to you now?

Victorious_Fize

Most people who haven't taken a serious look into the platforms will tend to blow them off, because with the huge number of titles and new releases daily, it can be hard to find some of the best games without friends, forums, and review sites to help you get started. Mobile devices are certainly capable of quality games in a variety of genres, and those that don't realize it yet will eventually. Predjudices can be difficult to overcome.

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[QUOTE="edidili"]

Then that's why they're not taken seriously.

SakusEnvoy

I only play psp and soon vita these days

I just don't care about it.

With the recent rise in mobile gaming, I became a sceptic if it's still stuck in the N-Gage era, playing some junk apps on my brother's iPhone, I brushed it off as "casual" and "not serious" as I did many years ago. Now that I have my Xperia Play, I am overblown by the amount of legit games there is on the Android, and, Xperia Play itself.

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD, although I have no clue if it follows the story/original game or not. :P

Not to mention old school emulators, which enables us to play what we considered real gaming back then too. Stuff like Tekken 3, Street Fighter II are all easily played on it. Then we have the JRPGs, oh man, the JRPGs, Zenonia, Demon Hunter, and Eve of the Geneisis are all quite entertaining. There's also MMOs and casual Wii styled games out like Lets Golf too it seems.

So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the direction mobile gaming is headed at and I'm getting into the whole social networking, email, and texting thang too.

Where's your stance on it? Is it a serious medium for gaming to you now?

Victorious_Fize

Mobile gaming is a myth.

[QUOTE="Victorious_Fize"]

With the recent rise in mobile gaming, I became a sceptic if it's still stuck in the N-Gage era, playing some junk apps on my brother's iPhone, I brushed it off as "casual" and "not serious" as I did many years ago. Now that I have my Xperia Play, I am overblown by the amount of legit games there is on the Android, and, Xperia Play itself.

I'm telling you, Gameloft have seriously stepped it up. Even ports, such as Dead Space, Battle Field 2, NFS, and the Sims 3, are actually quite GOOD, although I have no clue if it follows the story/original game or not. :P

Not to mention old school emulators, which enables us to play what we considered real gaming back then too. Stuff like Tekken 3, Street Fighter II are all easily played on it. Then we have the JRPGs, oh man, the JRPGs, Zenonia, Demon Hunter, and Eve of the Geneisis are all quite entertaining. There's also MMOs and casual Wii styled games out like Lets Golf too it seems.

So yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the direction mobile gaming is headed at and I'm getting into the whole social networking, email, and texting thang too.

Where's your stance on it? Is it a serious medium for gaming to you now?

santoron

Most people who haven't taken a serious look into the platforms will tend to blow them off, because with the huge number of titles and new releases daily, it can be hard to find some of the best games without friends, forums, and review sites to help you get started. Mobile devices are certainly capable of quality games in a variety of genres, and those that don't realize it yet will eventually. Predjudices can be difficult to overcome.

No because I feel that phones are suppose to be only for Phone calls and nothing else.

I love handheld gaming but I don't like Mobile gaming.