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> You hear a lot about "gatekeeping" and "elitism" whenever mobile gaming and traditional gaming are discussed What? Whoever is discussing that is still living
by brucethemoose2 4y ago
> You hear a lot about "gatekeeping" and "elitism" whenever mobile gaming and traditional gaming are discussed
What? Whoever is discussing that is still living in ~2010.
I think itch.io is the anti-elitist platform these days... its certainly not Google Play/App Store.
- awelxtr 4y ago> What? Whoever is discussing that is still living in ~2010. No, they're just living in the west. It doesn't matter if mobile is the biggest segment in the industry of videogames, plenty people regard it as an inferior product. Even some parties treat the Steam Deck as inferior because it can't attain the same power as pc/ps5/xbox
- brucethemoose2 4y agoEh I misunderstood, my point is neither AAAs nor mobile gaming have any right to make morality accusations.
- havblue 4y agoI think the elitism question is related to mobile gaming being considered casual while there's a gender disparity. So if you say mobile gaming is bad, which it is, you're insulting female gamers. (From the perspective of certain bloggers)
- brucethemoose2 4y agoI... have never thought of it that way. In fact I am kinda skeptical of the idea that most mobile gamers are female. There are stereotypically "female" PC and console games too, like The Sims, Disney Dreamlight Valley, popular Wii games and such.