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Why do mobile games suck nowadays? (beehaw.org)

submitted 6 months ago by sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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In the last 5-7 years I've noticed that mobile games have devolved info always online p2w shit

What the fuck happened?

The only good games on phone are now emulators and a few Foss games

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[–] Caffeinated_Capybara@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago

I think it's because most people play mobile games as a way to pass time, rather than to do something actually engaging. So, people don't typically want to buy mobile games upfront, meaning devs gotta monetize in some other way, like p2w microtransactions.