• clearedtoland@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    I like think I’m responsible for that little blip in the early 2000s, around the time I got my first job. Strictly so I could buy whatever games I wanted without begging my parents.

  • Quicky@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Where do machines like the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST fit in? Would they make up part of the PC segment?

  • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    10 months ago

    Is the switch not handheld? Is the stream deck not hand held? I get they don’t have to be, but that’s what their primary use case is. It’s pretty obvious we’re going to have a lot of screen with controllers on the side form factor in the next decade. I don’t think this should get lumped into either console of PC.

    • GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      How could you split out steam deck revenue from PC revenue? If I buy a $30 game on steam, is that $30 for PC or for the steam deck/handheld? Or does it get split between the two based on how hours I play on PC vs steam deck (and how would that work if I never actually play the game)?

      Personally I don’t think it’s worth having a handheld category at all. If I bought a Gameboy game for $30 but I actually played it on a super Gameboy instead of a Gameboy then it’s not technically handheld either. Just call the Gameboy a console and the steam deck a PC.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Well, they have not “handled games” for sure, unless you consider emulation.

      I don’t think streaming from local or internet with a phone and an attached controller counts as handheld gaming for me.

    • tanpopopper@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I suppose you could argue that pre-installed games still counts as part of the market. Not sure how you’d could the value though. Like a small part of the phone cost?

      Otherwise the earliest store/system seems to be i-mode in 1999.

  • Wanderer@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Where do I find a good list of free mobile games?

    Suppose a good list of paid mobile games also?

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Well, I know there are some good android gaming and iOS gaming communities on Reddit and perhaps here too, I know opinions are biased, but at least you should get human recommendations and interactions (for the most part I think) so I’d try searching there.