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Google's finally bringing attention to Play Games on PC (www.androidheadlines.com)

submitted 11 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] sudoku@programming.dev 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

can't wait for another dead platform

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

I give it 10 months...tops.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 14 points 11 months ago

DOA. Of course, like all Google services, this only exists to get some fresh new analytic data and will be closed dovn .04 femtoseconds after they reach the point of diminishing returns.

[–] kittykabal@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

we... we have Steam, Google. you are attempting to compete with Steam with mobile games.

it's like trying to enter a go-kart into a Nascar race and asking who wants to sponsor...

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Different audience

It’s more competing with Windows Store

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

Google has a small advantage in that they can be cross platform with chromeos and Android. I could see them carving out a small niche among very casual gamers there if it weren't for the fact no one trusts their products to stick around.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Fuck Alphabet. No one wants to play a game optimized for dopamine addiction and with ad breaks every 5min.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

As if all the people on mobile games complaining about emulator users wasn't enough, now they'll complain about m&kb users too. It'd be a lot easier for them if they'd just admit there was a skill gap.

This is just going to make things worse for the five seconds that it exists.

[–] squid@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago

Great let's open the flood gates to more shit games on PC, we've not had enough in 2023

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

probably still full of shovelware. but shovelware that works with mouse and keyboard.

[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Is this to make all the games available on Google Play also playable on PC? What is even the point?