Take a look at GRID Legends Mobile and tell me what on the original Switch looks better than this:
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pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThe other commenter is really blowing smoke up Android’s ass. Most “top” mobile games are freemium crap riddled with microtransactions.
What it does have, however, is emulators. Including one the Switch itself. Paying $350 for decade-old hardware and $80 for games is just bad value compared to a $300 used S21 and $0 games.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh, there’s no doubt about that. I’m not disagreeing that Android has some good-looking games. The problem is that games like GRID Legends Mobile are the exception, not the rule.
The Switch is crap, yes.
The Play Store is also overwhelmingly crap, though.If you exclude all of the mobile games from both stores, the Switch simply has a better catalog of games.
atomicpoet@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Let’s be real.
Android’s problem isn’t lack of good games. Nor is it performance of hardware. It’s discoverability.
But really, that’s also the problem of every storefront. Steam too has a lot of legendary games. But they’re also hard to find because shitty asset flips are so abundant.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I agree with you on that.
If discoverability was better, I’m sure Android would way get more ports of good games. With the way it is right now with shovelware and Google pushing microtransaction-riddled crap over one time purchase games, though, it’s treated as a second-class platform because it’s not nearly as profitable as other platforms.
simple@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If we’re going by piracy logic then you can buy a $200 used Switch and hack it to download games for free. I genuinely don’t think a phone or tablet would ever be a good experience. nobody is going to play with touch controls, it doesn’t let you play games on the TV, the emulator has compatibility issues and bugs, not to mention how most phones throttle hard when they get warm. I’m not buying this discussion at all.