[QUOTE="Jared2720"][QUOTE="NaveedLife"]
"sure the controls arent the best, but..."
Thats really where it should stop. Controls are half the battle and without good controls that can lend themselves to many genres, why bother?
NaveedLife
Because there is demand for good mobile games on touch screen devices. Everybody seems to be forgetting that we represent the minority. We are but a very small voice in an otherwise very large market. Most people are fine with touch controls. That's where the world is headed. Whether we like it or not is inconsequential.You can never play (in a conevenient and relatively functional way) the more complex games on the other handhelds with just a touch screen. I like touchscreen on the DS, but JUST touchscreen is crap. And anyone who thinks making computers control via touch screen only is a good idea, is just plain wrong. I would love to surf the internet and play games with my hands on the screen and getting tired lol.
It breaks down like this, I think: touchscreen devices are fantastic for content consumption (reading, surfing the Internet, watching videos, playing a casual game, etc...). Surfing the Internet on an iPad, for example, despite those who think Flash is a deal-breaker, is a marvelous experience. Much better than a laptop or a netbook. The problem, of course, is that touchscreen devices are not so good for content creation (word processing and other artistic pursuits that require precise alterations being the most obvious examples). Gaming, it seems, falls somewhere between content consumption and creation.Here's the issue at hand: as I said, touchscreen is the future. That's where the world is going. The vast majority of people are consumers of content. Only a few, by comparison, are creating it. You do the math. In the end, it depends on what you're doing. For the average person, touchscreen is a great experience. Gamers, it seems, will have to find a way of evolving. I'm still not sure how the industry will navigate this paradigm shift. But it will be interesting to watch over the next decade or so.
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