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The original ceramic shield. So durable that it lasts centuries. You can even use it for housing.
I expect it's the other way around with mobile being a larger platform than PC or console.
How many games are available in the iOS app store vs. Steam?
The point they're making is obvious. iOS was and still is a platform for mobile applications and mobile games. Despite how much processing power is crammed into those devices, you can't use similarly for "serious work". All that power will never be used to run actual games (like games from a PC or a console), or render a 3D model in Blender, or do CAD work, or run "full" versions of any software that has a cut-down mobile variant. Which begs the question - why mimic the power of a full computer while having no way of doing the work that full computers need all that power for?
It is, and mobile games are certainly part of "games ever made".
(emphasis mine)
> Obviously, the implication is that they're talking about "real" games, as in fully-produced games that are published on PCs and consoles
Is "real" games like "no true Scotsman" games? As you note, GP said "games ever made" rather than (for example) "PC games". But your reframing of the category makes me wonder - what percentage of Steam games are also on the App store? I wouldn't be surprised it if is more than .01%.
What does the emphasis add? I know what I said. Is your point that OP did actually seriously think that App Store only represents 0.01% of the video game market quantitatively? Or is it that you understood the subtext of the message but think that ignoring it is preferable?
> Is "real" games like "no true Scotsman" games?
My previous comment fully explains what I meant, and I also put "real" in quotes for a reason. All over this thread, the #1 complaint people have is that iOS devices are given lots of computing power but lack the capacity to do most "serious" performance-demanding tasks, and I explained which games are represented by those and why people want them.
Btw Steam is not the only place to buy games. In fact I was playing games on PC for 20 years before Steam was released.
Anyway, I will start with just a few amazing PC games:
Sim City 2000, Tomb Raider, Doom, Doom2, Duke Nuken, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft, Half Life, Half Life 2, LoL, Dota, Flight Simulator, Deus Ex, The Witcher 3, Counter Strike, Hades, Factorio, Minecraft, Opus Magnus, Disco Elysium, Crusader Kings, Overwatch, Diablo 2, Civilization III, Baldurs Gate 3, Bioshock, Rimworld, Brogue, Drawf Fortres, Tarkov, Arma...
And the list goes on and on and on...
By your own logic because Apple does not sell spread sheet software, databases or porn, "the market" does not demand it.
- database software - FileMaker Pro
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