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• simple@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Android has a couple high-profile indie games like Stardew Valley and some rare ports of older games, that’s it. I wouldn’t call it very good. and unless you’re willing to shell out $150+ for a great telescopic controller there’s no way playing on the tablet would be comfortable.

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The 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.

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    • simple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Take a look at GRID Legends Mobile and tell me what on the original Switch looks better than this:

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnOLA7-Er4

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      • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Wrong-o. Android has Genshin Impact, GRID Autosport, Pascal’s Wager, Sky: Children of the Light, The Banner Saga Trilogy.

    And they outperform the Switch with hardware that’s less expensive.

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    • simple@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Android has Genshin Impact, GRID Autosport, Pascal’s Wager, Sky: Children of the Light, The Banner Saga Trilogy.

      …So basically mediocre Android games and rare ports of older games. Nobody is buying a handheld console to play these.

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      • atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Buddy, you’re completely out of touch with reality.

        The Android gaming market is leagues larger than Nintendo’s—and it’s not even close.

        Better games, better hardware than the original Switch. Other than first party titles, there’s no reason nowadays to buy an eight-year-old Switch.

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• Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What android games would you suggest?

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  • atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Genshin Impact, GRID Autosport, Pascal’s Wager, Sky: Children of the Light, The Banner Saga Trilogy.

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    • Revan343@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Thanks

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      • jacksilver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        There is also dead cells, slay the spire, monster train, disable immortal, etc.

        However, those are also all playable on switch too. Technically you can emulate the switch on android, but I think this brings up the biggest flaw in gaming on android; you’re either emulating or streaming for most good games.

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• vala@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Google will change the APIs every 2 years and break all your old games so I’m kinda over it at this point.

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