GDLYL wrote:
That was a good read
Yes, it was a little interesting. I also lol'd at the thought of a FF or Assassin's Creed game going for $5 digital download.
I am 26, but I feel that I fall into the "old-school" category of gaming. I don't really like all this mobile gaming. Yes, I have some games from the App Store on my iPad, but those are strictly to kill time between turns when my friends and I run Dresden at my buddy's place, or when I know I'll be in the restroom for more than 30 seconds. If I'm at home and I want to play a game I'm on my PC / PS3 / 360. I like in-depth gaming with a real story, a real progression system, a real feeling of adventure. I don't like games that let me play, but after 20 turns I have to either wait for points to regenerate every 3 minutes or buy points back with real cash. I sit down to a game to immerse myself outside of the hum-drum of the day, not to sit down and plan what I will do to maximize the 30 minutes I'm about to spend on the tablet because I only have so many points to use.
I grew up doing chores and working in the neighborhood to pay $50~ for Legend of Legaia and FFVII, not asking my parents to drop $1.99 on the iPad. I was that kid that the companies were looking to breed into a life-time gamer. They succeeded too, because they made good games that made me want to work outdoors for 6 weeks so that I could afford it. I don't feel like the mobile market at the moment is doing this. The games are readily available, cheap (you can get free versions with advertisements for all but the best mobile games), and shallow for the most part.
Think about it... When a lot of us were kids, if we got a new game that we liked, we played the #$%^ out of it for weeks and it was the greatest game ever. Then guess what, there was another awesome game just a few months later! How many kids do you think are playing Words With Friends, All the Bravest, World of Goo, hell even Infinity Blade and are thinking "Wow, that was awesome. I am totally waiting with baited breath for what comes next"? I don't think the ratio is as high anymore. The "greats" are dwindling. Zelda, Mario, Sonic, Gran Tourismo, Xeno-anything for the most part, even Final Fantasy are all degrading, but what is replacing them? Call of Duty and Halo, maybe Assassin's Creed (which is on its way out also, imo. I can't even finish the newest one). Then all the mobile games. /smh /endrant