Is it possible? Old school games through the android steam app..... Would it be awsome?

[YottabyteX]

This is an actual re-pose that i actually sent to steam facebook. Just was woundering if people felt the same way i do about playing old school genesis (ect) games and actually gain achivements through your phone and stuff.....

I thought I might give a suggestion on facebook seeing how I've gotten responses much faster this way. I've have been a steam fan since my coworker got me into it to the point were i cant go back to console anymore really. The coolest thing i like about steam is that u can interact with it even on your phone. However, there are games that i like that are capable of running on a phone like sonic, golden axe, ect which i play currently with emulators. Then I wondered, it would be cool to play these game through the steam android app and gain achievements and saved memory work seamlessly with your pc version. So, this is were my question comes in............Is it possible?

[Satoru]

Phones work entirely differently, they're generaly running on a different architecture (ARM) and devs would nee dot make a specific version fro that architecture. Also note that generally smartphones sandbox each app so unless you have something that's integrated like Gamecenter on the iPhones you can't do much interms of what steam can do.

Given that the margins and the monetization strategies on the smartphone market are total garbage, why would tehy bother. People are already losing their skulls whenever Square Enix puts out a $14.99 title for Final Fantasy Tactics a game that's a zillion times better than all the junky F2P stuff on the iOS store. Or how you had to 'convince' people that paying $20 for xcom on the iOS was 'worth the price'.

[Felix]

You can't simply place PC versions of your games on an Android device and have them work. They have to be built to be ran on the phone.

In addition to that, Valve would have to implement the ability to launch these compatible games on your phone. And finally, Valve would need to acquire the rights to be able to sell the game licenses for these mobile versions of the games from the publishers (as well as actually be given the game files for users to download).

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that would be so awesome

[YottabyteX]

Thanks for posting bothe FrazerJc and Satoru. What you posted is very helpful to the problems steam would be faced with to make a dream happen. Not being a smart ass or anything but there will always be a problem. Its nice to see the giant of problems. But evey problems could have a solution a weakenss. Hell im playing these games on my phone. Please post and explain how hard it wuold be to re-create a sega genisis game from the groung up to run on a phone when i can run Mario 64 on it. Is there risk involved with a project like this......maybe. Could steam get glorifyed heavenly for it........ possiblely. Is it scary to look and the money and architect it takes to build something that seems impossible......HELL NO because steam would not be here if there was no risk involed. These are the reasons why i said srew console because everybody is playing it safe and when they aren't there saying: "Hey let's turn you into a freakin cow". "Drill a Bleaping hole in your stomach so we can watch what you eat and help you digest what we want you to" (which they realy do to cow's by the way) and what Micro( you know the rest) tried to do......However FrazerJc and Satoru......... would it be awsome?

[YottabyteX]

P.s and is it possible