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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd bet my left nut that games like Resident Evil aren't why mobile gaming makes so much money. It's those ridiculous F2P gem and city building games that have so many opportunities to buy coins that people get addicted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Of course... but as he said as a marketing tool, you are not going to sell that kind of games on an apple presentation :P....specially if the intention is show how much powerful it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

of course not, its always gacha that profits, as thats the current situation its that AAA titles moving onto it open up a new market. it just terrible timing that opening up the new market coincided with the hottest iphone in awhile