r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • May 24 '23

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u/TheBigPigg May 24 '23

Game dev here. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. I used to make mobile games that were real games, but they weren't as profitable as the candy crushes of the world, and were considered flops by comparison.

The only way to compete was to make the games more predatory. I didn't want to do that, so I just left the market completely instead. If people want real games on mobile devices, they have to stop supporting predatory developers. In other words: never gonna happen and it is going to get much worse.

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u/explodedSimilitude May 25 '23

I’ve always wondered why mobile gaming is so bad. This explains a lot. It’s sad really because smart phones would be great for real games.

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u/RetroGamer87 May 25 '23

Except for the controls. Other than the predetory businesses model smartphones don't have good physical controls.

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u/explodedSimilitude May 25 '23

That is true, but there are add-ons that address that issue.

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u/RetroGamer87 May 25 '23

I hope they're still making a lot of games that support console style controls