Why do developers think it's okay to bring mobile trash to Steam?

[Mako Ruu]

Seriously, look at this UI. You can't even see or be immersed in the game.

If you're going to bring your crappy pay to win mobile game to Steam, at least fix the UI for a PC Setting. This is going to look like absolute dog water on a full size, high resolution monitor.

I am not a graphics snob, but a mobile UI on PC is the worst and most lazy iteration of a port that developers can do.

[Gooey]

Dont play it?

[Matron Malice]

Originally posted by Gooey:

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

It doesn't matter if I play it or not. It's a growing trend to cash grab from morons like you.

Before long every new game on the platform will be some mobile trash looking to make a quick buck.

you seem like a kind person who understands that different people have different tastes. Have a good day!

They make a fair point though. I don't want the P2W model reigning supreme on PC games. It's a horrible model.

[GoblinBait]

the p2w model started on pc games. its been here long before mobile games existed. and it has slowly reigned supreme on pc gaming for awhile now.

[Mako Ruu]

Originally posted by TTVMadDingo:

the p2w model started on pc games. its been here long before mobile games existed. and it has slowly reigned supreme on pc gaming for awhile now.

[citation required]

Source: trust me bro

[CobraSmokehouse]

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

Originally posted by TTVMadDingo:

the p2w model started on pc games. its been here long before mobile games existed. and it has slowly reigned supreme on pc gaming for awhile now.

[citation required]

Source: trust me bro

My personal early introduction to P2W was in Maplestory back in 2005,way before any phone game had any micro transactions.

[Big Isaac]

Im happy to not have to use blustacks to run this. If your not a Summoners war fan I dont think you will like this game. Its made for the Fans. Also the whole gaming Industry is going Pay2Win Im sorry its not 1999 anymore.

[Matron Malice]

Originally posted by Big Isaac:

Im happy to not have to use blustacks to run this. If your not a Summoners war fan I dont think you will like this game. Its made for the Fans. Also the whole gaming Industry is going Pay2Win Im sorry its not 1999 anymore.

That still doesn't make it okay. Their in game prices are ridiculous and drop rates are awful. i've been playing SW on my phone/tablet for 8 years now and realize that mobile is how they're going but I don't have to like it and gamers shouldn't like it either. Just my two cents.

I like Chronicles so far, except, of course, for the drop rates but it's fun. I'm also glad it's not on bluestacks, that would crash my pc every time even though I have a good one. LOL I'm not trying to be nasty or anything just saying I wish it were not so monetized but it is what it is I guess. LOL 1999? Now that was a great era for gaming. :)

[Neoyoshi]

So... it's not okay? Why is it not okay again?

I get that people don't like Mobile games, but to me personally, a video game is a video game regardless of the platform it's on, and there are PLENTY of really trashy PC games on steam; so yeah....

The platform shouldn't matter, it's the quality of the game that does; perhaps this is just a case of people never happening onto a actual good Mobile game, and they do exist- i'm not saying Summoner War: Chronicles is one of those games, though it's better then most(I'd personally rather play this then Genshin nickel-and-dime Impact, i'm just saying don't judge a game just because of it's platform, judge the game.

[Gooey]

AAA games are boated with DLC. The gaming industry isn't going back to retail price for a game when they know they can make millions on DLC and microtransactions

[Phantron]

Just because mobile games have crazy revenue numbers doesn't mean they're somehow quality games or the future of gaming. For one mobile games are propped up by an insane budget for advertising compared to PC games and if you spent $1 billion in advertising to make $1 billion dollars it's the same as earning nothing but it sure sounds great when you tell people your game makes $1 billion (and 1/10th of that goes to pay for your salary FTW).

Although PC gamers do this 'superior race' issue, this game is a good example of why PC gamers should feel superior. It's basically a MMORPG wannabe, but the PC version doesn't have an updated control/UI for the PC. It's not rocket science that trying to execute complicated movement or targeting ability with essentially one button is not going to work very well. Even if you throw out the obviously outrageous 'buy this for $99' stuff that's plastered all over, it's still just an inferior MMORPG compared to a average F2P MMORPG on Steam, and definitely far inferior to the industry leaders of the genre.

BTW you can find plenty of mobile ports on Steam that's solidly in the 'mostly positive' range that are perfectly respectable games. SW: Chronicle strikes me as one of the many mobile games that starts off bad, whether intended or by accident, and expects you to pay $200 or so to overcome the game's shortcoming. After all, the clunky controls can easily be overcome if you got $200 worth of power on your side, and maybe the game is actually okay at that point. But the question is why would you want to spend that much money just in case the game turns out okay? There are still games, even mobile games, that doesn't purposely start out with a bad game and hope you'll pay up to upgrade it to a normal game.

[TARINunit9]

Originally posted by Mako Ruu:

Why do developers think it's okay to bring mobile trash to Steam?

Simple: it's a sequel to an existing game, but a LOT of their existing audience can't download the new one on their phones.
If I had been in their position, poured millions of dollars into what's basically World of Warcraft to try and give my existing Warcraft 3 players a brand new game to explore, only to find out most of them can't even run the game, I'd rush out a Steam port too. Sure a lot of non-fans on Steam probably would... make threads like these, but do I need to care? I'd just given the people who actually want to play it a way to play it
I hate to use this example, but it's the same reason Cyberpunk 2077 rushed out the PS4 port too. It was a lot of preorders they had to honor, and they didn't feel like telling them "just buy a PS5 or a new gaming PC" was an acceptable thing to do

[ZantetsukenX]

You are fighting a fight that is already been lost sadly. Especially now that we are in a post Genshin Impact world. The amount of money that game as made has essentially opened the floodgates for mobile games to make PC ports without touching the UI.

[Bee]

My first P2W game was hide and go seek, I payed my cousin to tell me where my sisters were hiding.

[TheAnkleBreaker]

Originally posted by Matron Malice:

Originally posted by Big Isaac:

Im happy to not have to use blustacks to run this. If your not a Summoners war fan I dont think you will like this game. Its made for the Fans. Also the whole gaming Industry is going Pay2Win Im sorry its not 1999 anymore.

That still doesn't make it okay. Their in game prices are ridiculous and drop rates are awful. i've been playing SW on my phone/tablet for 8 years now and realize that mobile is how they're going but I don't have to like it and gamers shouldn't like it either. Just my two cents.

I like Chronicles so far, except, of course, for the drop rates but it's fun. I'm also glad it's not on bluestacks, that would crash my pc every time even though I have a good one. LOL I'm not trying to be nasty or anything just saying I wish it were not so monetized but it is what it is I guess. LOL 1999? Now that was a great era for gaming. :)

Create your own game and balance whatever microtransactions you might put in how you want and we'll ♥♥♥♥ all over that.

[Gooey]

Originally posted by GamerPWRinfinite:

Originally posted by Matron Malice:

That still doesn't make it okay. Their in game prices are ridiculous and drop rates are awful. i've been playing SW on my phone/tablet for 8 years now and realize that mobile is how they're going but I don't have to like it and gamers shouldn't like it either. Just my two cents.

I like Chronicles so far, except, of course, for the drop rates but it's fun. I'm also glad it's not on bluestacks, that would crash my pc every time even though I have a good one. LOL I'm not trying to be nasty or anything just saying I wish it were not so monetized but it is what it is I guess. LOL 1999? Now that was a great era for gaming. :)

Create your own game and balance whatever microtransactions you might put in how you want and we'll ♥♥♥♥ all over that.

It doesn't make it okay and it's a horrible game...that you've played for 8 years. haha