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Re: Android Games on PC

#11
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.

Re: Android Games on PC

#13
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.

It's a Windows Subsystem for running Android apps.

Re: Android Games on PC

#15

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.

The only ones I can think of that are any good that are not easily available on PC already are actually ports of older console games, e.g. Final Fantasy Tactics.

I keep looking up games and finding they have had PC ports. The only one I haven't found yet is the original Monument Valley. But it was rather short and easy, which was okay for a mobile game, maybe, but on PC it really wouldn't hold up. And I guess the sequel got a PC port anyway.

Re: Android Games on PC

#16
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 hope they rename everything to follow the same scheme just to dial up the confusion.

Office for Mac -> Mac for Office

Re: Android Games on PC

#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 switch devices and carry over their games to the PC to play it on a larger screen, possibly with a controller.

Re: Android Games on PC

#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 anything original worth playing, maybe even games you just buy outright?

Re: Android Games on PC

#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 nowhere.

Calling this now. This is a likely candidate for the Google graveyard.

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