The 'hardcore' tag that people slap about these days still amuses me, once upon a time a hardcore gamer might be someone who imported hardware/games for ridiculous prices for example: owning a Neo-Geo cartridge based console instantly showed dedication to the cause.

These days, if you play Fifa, Halo, CoD or Battlefield you're 'hardcore'. Yawn.

F**K Mobile games. hows that for respect?

I'll respect it when their best games wont be mostly cheap or eye candy clones . And when people stop trying to convince me that having a Halo clone with shoddy control is as good as a console experience

Quality developers can make quality games on any platform, I reckon.

i do respect mobile gaming, there needs to be games for everybody.
What i dont like is mobile games on consoles... -_-'

What I respect about mobile gaming is when a developer has obviously played to the strengths of the hardware rather than trying to crowbar in console controls where they just won't fit.

We're never going to see a proper Halo / CoD clone on iPad, and people should stop judging mobile gamings success or maturity by that criteria (especially if you consider yourself 'hardcore' because you play CoD / Halo etc.

I could name a load of games on iPad that work far better than on a console - most board games for instance. Go win a few games of Ghost Stories against the AI and tell me that's not a challenge.

It's also obvious that developers are starting to get the message. Dead Trigger for instance may not be perfect - but it's a multiplayer FPS that has adapted itself to the limitations of touch controls in this genre with some success (it also has some great bot AI).

The other way around. Mobile needs to respect Console/pc.

mobile gaming is ok for 20 minutes when your battery is dead but it will never beat or replace console gaiming for me.

I'd respect it more if it had buttons

Honestly I do both. When I'm bored and out and about I play on the ipad. When I'm home I play on my computer and I agree that they deserve their own spot. However, I think that gaming needs to change in definition because both methods are insanely different.

hahaha, thats the most ABSURD & INSANE headline Ive read in quite sometime.....just add: Indoctrination or Because we said so, & there u go, forget the truth or common sense right?, geez.