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Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by scrlk »

FireInsight wrote: post #3

There are way more good games for PC than Android, and a lot of Android games are ad-filled garbage. Any bets on when Google kills this product?

It'll last long enough for people to milk promotions from it. Then someone else will come along and advocate to kill it off for their next promotion.

And the cycle continues...

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by wffurr »

hfkwer wrote: post #5

Presumably to counter this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

Why would it need countering? So long as the apps are available on the platform, that helps Google’s reach with the play store.

Another comment mentioned that WSA is quite technical to set up, and this is a simpler alternative.

Re: Android Games on PC

#33

Post by thesnide »

fendy3002 wrote: post #4
nisegami wrote: post #2

>Minimum requirements >OS: Windows 10 (v2004) One day I'll figure out how to get Waydroid working, but I wish stuff like this worked on Linux more easily.

Guess if it's popular it'll get on lutris proton soon

It would be utter irony if we have to use proton to run an Android game on Linux...

Re: Android Games on PC

#34

Post by dandellion »

MikusR wrote: post #13
flashback2199 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.

It's a Windows Subsystem for running Android apps.

Yes, and if they had called it that it would have been less confusing.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by shlubbert »

wffurr wrote: post #32
hfkwer wrote: post #5

Presumably to counter this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

Why would it need countering? So long as the apps are available on the platform, that helps Google’s reach with the play store. Another comment mentioned that WSA is quite technical to set up, and this is a simpler alternative.

WSA uses the Amazon app store by default, not Google's.

Re: Android Games on PC

#38

Post by SomeHacker44 »

_cenw wrote: post #19

I feel like the Android (and iOS) gaming market is filled with the kind of game that give you early successes followed by soulcrushing wait times bypassed through paywalls that can soak up infinite amounts of cash and therefore I have not given any of it a fair shot. This is the actual reason I always thought a "gaming phone" with a price tag rivaling a decent computer was very silly. Is that just me? Is there anythi…

Any game that includes microtransactions for any purpose than cosmetics is like this. That is virtually all of the mobile games. I play games you buy once and that is it. No consumables, etc. It is a scam and should be made illegal.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by haunter »

fendy3002 wrote: post #6

Are there any valid android games that's also good to play on android and on PC? I think of vampire survivor but it also has PC version.

Old console games that are not available on PC

Dragon Quest games (1-6, 8, Builders)

Final Fantasy Tactics

etc.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by neodymiumphish »

flashback2199 wrote: post #11
hfkwer wrote: post #5

Presumably to counter this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

The Windows Subsystem for X naming convention is so annoying. It's an Android Subsystem for Windows, but leave it to Microsoft to make sure their product name comes first.

I recall this being due to issues with using a product name like Android as the first word in a product name.

I may be mistaken though.

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