Welcome to the Wednesday Debate, where we take issues in the games and tech world so big you can see 'em from space and attempt to set the world to rights by arguing about them right here, on the internet, where everyone can see. This week in the Wednesday Debate, Postdesk writers Jack Bromley and Grant Howitt thrash it out over whether mobile games are good enough for serious gamers to bother playing. Jack is arguing for the statement, and Grant’s arguing against. It may surprise you to discover that neither of them have any formal training in the field of debate.
The Japan-based entertainment conglomerate is expected to pay about $1 billion for Rovio Entertainment.
Wait, have they even made anything since then? Thought they were a one-hit wonder lol.
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Rovio should be embarrassed over the way it's handled Angry Birds.
I upgraded to a Galaxy s2 the other day, and one of the free games I got with it was Dead Space. I was quite gobsmacked with how well it looked and played. It opened my eyes tbh, here was a game that looked and played like a console game.
It was still a bit limited compared to its console counterparts, but for a mobile game it was light years away from what I was used to playing on my previous phone.
It showed me that progress is rapidly increasing in terms of what mobile phone games can achieve.
In a few years who knows what they will be capable of. I'd like to think that console gaming will be around for a long time, but thinking realistically, I don't think it will.
The time of the mobile phone as a true gaming device may be coming much sooner than many may think.
Mobile phones need a physical controller or no ty.