Comments on: An Open Letter to Google: It’s Time to Take Gaming Seriously [Opinion]

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:35:00 +0000

if you want folks at Google to see this, you can either hope they read Android blogs (which they do) or share it on Google+.

By: Jon Lambert

Jon Lambert — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:13:00 +0000

The controller APIs have existed since Honeycomb, have they not?

By: Jeff Tycz

Jeff Tycz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:45:00 +0000

the user has to sign up for google drive but that will only work with files…what about data such as high scores and such or private data that you dont want anyone to have access to?

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:10:00 +0000

The controller thing really sparked a topic here. Im looking at the minimum requirements for half life 2: 1.2GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX7, mouse, keyboard, Internet. 3GB HD space.

Preferred Requirements: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, Directx9, mouse, keyboard, internet.

We have these requirements now, its just a matter of someone porting it. We also have compatible keyboard and mouse. I imagine its just a matter of someone actually doing the work to an older game.

How awesome would it be if valve developed for android

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:24:00 +0000

If I were to pick 1 paid app, Titanium backup would be the one. you back up with that app, drag the folder to your desktop, wipe your phone or get a new one. Drag the folder to the new phone. All your apps, saved states and everything is transferred. done. you dont even have to redownload the apps

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:20:00 +0000

i bet if you put your phone in airplane mode, your programs wont lag anymore. Its been my experience its the syncing with everything that lags you down. try it

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:19:00 +0000

because thats all it really can do well with a touchscreen. anything over the use of 2 buttons is just too frustrating. if you had 100% controller support, you might be picking up duke nukem

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:14:00 +0000

you are reaching a much bigger audience with android. they could always be an afterthought like how a game is developed for consoles then ported to android with low quality graphics

By: Keg Man

Keg Man — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:04:00 +0000

couldn’t you create an option to save to google drive? The user would have to log into his drive account, but once thats done, autosave files could go there.
kinda like when you login to words with friends using facebook.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:13:00 +0000

It’s not the length of gameplay that costs to port. It’s the resources. A lot of stuff (in both games) is simple script that can be moved straight over after the engine is.

By: Karl Ludwinski

Karl Ludwinski — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:33:00 +0000

Is that really a problem for consumers though? The handheld manufacturers might not like it, but tough beans. Why on earth should I care what they want? I don’t want to have to buy a smartphone AND a handheld, do you? Wouldn’t you prefer if all those games were on the mobile device you already own?

And as I explain in the letter, I’m not talking about only the handheld market dying, I’m talking about the entire dedicated console market. I want everything on one device, and I think it’s totally feasible in the near future if they do it right.

By: brando56894

brando56894 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:38:00 +0000

Cloud saves are definitely a must, I can’t tell you how many games I’ve stopped playing because I got far in it, forgot to back up my data and flashed a rom, realized that I didn’t have my data then said “F*** it!”. MOGA is definitely a nice piece of hardware, even though it’s a tad expensive ($50) and the default MOGA Pivot app kind of sucks because it is necessary to use the controller (you can’t simply pair your controller, then turn it on and it works with whatever game you want, you have to turn it on, load up pivot and then launch the game from within pivot), luckily the MOGA Universal Driver app from the play store fixes this shortcoming by allowing you to use it with almost any game (and allowing you to map your own buttons!) and connecting directly (you don’t have to go through pivot at all).

By: Ximinez

Ximinez — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:02:00 +0000

For the love of every goddamn thing. Please. Pretty please with a lot of sugar on top.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:40:00 +0000

And our emails would go straight into their spam filters.

By: GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™

GRAND MASTER SEN$Ei {{-_-}}™ — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:39:00 +0000

That’s what HDMI cables are for. {{-_-}}