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'Where's the Android version?!' Why some studios fear porting premium iOS games to Google Play

The most common comment on Pocket Gamer is some variation on "is it coming to Android?".

However it's phrased, you can almost hear the anguished plea behind each one. While developers shower iOS gamers with lavish premium titles, Android users are often left feeling short-changed.

But why? Android is more popular than iOS as a mobile operating system, so sidelining the former group seems like commercial madness.

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mochachino4287d ago

Rampant piracy I wold imagine.

Soupaman664287d ago

People pirate ios apps as well.

mochachino4287d ago

True, but no where near the level of android. Its so easy on droid.

slasaru014287d ago

Ios users are not so skilled

jmac534287d ago

It's fragmentation. It's easy on ios because all phones and tablets have mostly the same specs, screen size and resolution.

Soupaman664287d ago

Dont Know how much easier it is. For ios, you jailbreak it, which is literally a push of 1 button, install appsync And download an ipa from the computer to transfer to the device via itunes or use an app that downloads and installs for you like appcake.

Viper74287d ago

Not really, many of mobile games are f2p games, so piracy is actually preferred.
What makes android difficult platform to develop on is all sorts of device fragmentation.

Especially screen resolution and dimension can be a huge hindrance when developing user interface and you want it to look good on all devices. Sure you could create custom ui for all devices, but then updating the game on all platforms would take tremendous amount of work. Not to mention how some devices have piss poor resolution or screen-size.

Then there's the fact that there are plenty of studios there that are NOT using 3rd party game engine like Unity. For whatever reason that may be, it's one of the things that will make porting game to a certain platform a lot more time consuming -> expensive.

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bjmartynhak4287d ago

Well, I bought the Rayman games for Android. Pretty awesome, wish there were more of the same quality.

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Guild Wars Publisher CEO Warns AI Can't Replace What Makes Games 'Instinctively Fun'

TNS - NCSoft CEO admitted that AI is rapidly becoming a core part of game development, but he added that it cannot replace what makes games fun.

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Lionsguard39d ago

To be fair, there are also human made games that release and lack any fun at all either.

jznrpg39d ago

But all of the great games have been made by humans

jwillj2k439d ago

One is by choice, the other is a feature.

PRIMORDUS39d ago

Guild Wars 2 been playing for 14yrs, 1st beta. This is just one company I support, Arenanet and NCSoft, even though I torrent, there are a few PC companies I will buy from. "PlayStation’s Horizon MMO spin-off, Horizon Steel Frontiers." I feel this will be good, NCSoft is a good developer/publisher.

CrimsonWing6938d ago

It’s a tool. Use it elevate things and get it done faster. I’m sorry but not every game made by humans is good. If this can help things, then I fully embrace it.

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The grim dark pixel RPG, ‘DROVA’, is out now for iOS and Android devices

"Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are proud and excited to announce that DROVA – Forsaken Kin, the acclaimed grim and dank pixel RPG, set in a mystic Celtic world and celebrated by fans all over the world, is out now on iOS and Android!" - Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D.

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FuRyu teases new game ‘Project Alice’ to be announced on April 25

FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.