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Re:macOS Big Sur by haunter on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:25PM (#25073789)
>Comparing Phone games to desktop ones

Yeah but where is the border? There are lot of games on iOS that are basically the same as on PC/consoles maybe with a different UI and lower graphics. But you get the same features and experience.

You can now play GTA San Andreas on your Mac cause it was released on iOS. And it's one of the best game ever https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grand-theft-auto-san-andreas/i...

Genshin Impact which is currently one of the hottest game? https://apps.apple.com/us/app/genshin-impact/id1517783697

I see no difference really

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Re:macOS Big Sur by yoz-y on Thursday November 12, 2020 @06:23PM (#25076696)
Oh come on. GTA San Andreas is a great game, but it also came out for Play Station 2, 16 years ago!

There is some hope with games made specifically for controllers that are not hobbled by on screen controls but still. Claims of “console level graphics” are only true because a PS3 is a console, which is about the level of graphics an iOS device can handle.

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Re:macOS Big Sur by rasz on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:54AM (#25080754)
You can play PC GTA San Andreas at >60 fps on a 10 year old laptop pulled from a dumpster.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by thebigspacefuck on Friday November 13, 2020 @10:07AM (#25082997)
I played it on my 2008 MacBook with a Core Duo when I first got it
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Re:macOS Big Sur by DennisAleynikov on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:47PM (#25074030)
genshin impact basically sealed the deal for me

no point buying a nintendo switch much less a proper mac.

I can get by with non-apple silicon arm Chromebooks like the wonderful lenovo duet

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Re:macOS Big Sur by himinlomax on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:39PM (#25074654)
Seal the deal? It looks like a crappy pay-to-win mobile game.
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Re:macOS Big Sur by DennisAleynikov on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:08PM (#25087521)
pay to win what exactly? its a ripoff of breath of the wild, and doesn't seem to have a clear winning state especially in the free single player campaign.

macos probably runs this now given its pretty popular on iPad right now. Open world games usually only launch on consoles/PC but unreal engine allows games like this to arrive on mobile platforms as well.

mobile games need to lose some of the stigma when they keep gaining console like titles in the app stores

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