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Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by SapporoChris »

hienyimba wrote: post #20

You can already do this on PC using the Windows Subsystem for Android. The major issue surrounding WSA was that it was too technical to setup for most PC users so we built an app for our non-technical users to solve this. Right now, Google building a standalone app for only Android games (people use Android apps fairly on par with games on PC) and then insisting on a slow rollout will most likely make the product go…

Windows Subsystem for Android appears to be for Windows 11. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/wsa/

This appears to include Windows 10: https://play.google.com/googleplaygames#section-faqs "To participate in the beta, your PC must meet these minimum requirements:

Windows 10 (v2004) Solid state drive (SSD) with 10 GB of available storage space IntelⓇ UHD Graphics 630 GPU or comparable 4 CPU physical cores (some games require an Intel CPU) 8 GB of RAM Windows admin account Hardware virtualization must be turned on"

But really, there's already a wealth of android emulators for Windows.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by fendy3002 »

norman784 wrote: post #22
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.

For me is the ability just to play mobile games in my PC, because I'm most of the time using it and not so much my phone, also because most of the games are casual you can easily multitask while playing, that's not easy to do it on mobile.

Fair enough, though I feel that using mouse instead of touch is less enjoyable for some games.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by thih9 »

jgtrosh wrote: post #7

Quite off topic, but some PC games are now on Android. See for example Space Cadet: https://github.com/fexed/Pinball-on-Android/releases Once you get to enjoy a proper straightforward PC game on your phone, most every other ad-filled Android game feels insulting.

This is part of why I like nintendo switch so much.

It's a handheld with the good parts of the smartphone gaming UX (portability, instant on/off), and a lot of high quality games (sans in app currency or subscription madness; often ports of PC games).

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by staticman2 »

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.

Google announced this after Windows Subsystem for Android was announced, so I do think they feel they need to compete with it.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by fisian »

thesnide wrote: post #33
fendy3002 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

I ran a program with WINE on WSL to run a 16-bit program on modern Windows. Works great

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by hienyimba »

mulletbum wrote: post #23
hienyimba wrote: post #20

You can already do this on PC using the Windows Subsystem for Android. The major issue surrounding WSA was that it was too technical to setup for most PC users so we built an app for our non-technical users to solve this. Right now, Google building a standalone app for only Android games (people use Android apps fairly on par with games on PC) and then insisting on a slow rollout will most likely make the product go…

Are you saying that because Google wont be invested in this and trying to figure out how to make money off it, that will be what kills it in the end? Seems right.

What I’m saying is that the product landscape is already quite mature. The product adds nothing new or spectacular to the landscape. They will struggle with internal motivation to maintain an also-ran product.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by pjmlp »

hienyimba wrote: post #20

You can already do this on PC using the Windows Subsystem for Android. The major issue surrounding WSA was that it was too technical to setup for most PC users so we built an app for our non-technical users to solve this. Right now, Google building a standalone app for only Android games (people use Android apps fairly on par with games on PC) and then insisting on a slow rollout will most likely make the product go…

This is basically Google's reaction to Windows Subsystem for Android.

Note that WSL was born out of the first attempt to have Android support on UWP.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by zokier »

m3h wrote: post #17

It doesn't seem to be available in my region yet. The openness of PC means that a second app store can exist and be successful on the Windows platform. If Google pulls this off, we might see a credible, large store of casual games on Windows for the first time. Right now, mobile shines for casual games and sees the bulk of investment for casual games. It would be a great boon for many casual gamers to be able to swit…

> The openness of PC means that a second app store can exist and be successful on the Windows platform

First one being Steam?

> If Google pulls this off, we might see a credible, large store of casual games on Windows for the first time

Steam has tons of casual games too.

Re: Android Games on PC

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Post by Pxtl »

hienyimba wrote: post #20

You can already do this on PC using the Windows Subsystem for Android. The major issue surrounding WSA was that it was too technical to setup for most PC users so we built an app for our non-technical users to solve this. Right now, Google building a standalone app for only Android games (people use Android apps fairly on par with games on PC) and then insisting on a slow rollout will most likely make the product go…

Does Windows Subsystem allow you to log in with your Google account? That's a big thing here - not just Android compatibility, but the fact that it's part of Google Play Games, so I assume cloud-saved savegames and the like will be working here.
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