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[–] sudoku@programming.dev 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

can't wait for another dead platform

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago

I give it 10 months...tops.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago

DOA. Of course, like all Google services, this only exists to get some fresh new analytic data and will be closed dovn .04 femtoseconds after they reach the point of diminishing returns.

[–] kittykabal@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

we... we have Steam, Google. you are attempting to compete with Steam with mobile games.

it's like trying to enter a go-kart into a Nascar race and asking who wants to sponsor...

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Different audience

It’s more competing with Windows Store

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Google has a small advantage in that they can be cross platform with chromeos and Android. I could see them carving out a small niche among very casual gamers there if it weren't for the fact no one trusts their products to stick around.

[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Hey Google. Remember Stadia? That platform that allowed us to play big games on potatoes using a browser? And now are you offering us to play mobile games outside a mobile? Well, I have two words for you: FUCK YOU!!!

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

probably still full of shovelware. but shovelware that works with mouse and keyboard.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Fuck Alphabet. No one wants to play a game optimized for dopamine addiction and with ad breaks every 5min.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

As if all the people on mobile games complaining about emulator users wasn't enough, now they'll complain about m&kb users too. It'd be a lot easier for them if they'd just admit there was a skill gap.

This is just going to make things worse for the five seconds that it exists.

[–] squid@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Great let's open the flood gates to more shit games on PC, we've not had enough in 2023

[–] hydroel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Is this to make all the games available on Google Play also playable on PC? What is even the point?

[–] spiderkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

google just has the worst track record of supporting stuff they introduce.