You can also play the iPhone 15 Pro version of the survival horror game as a free demo
  • mint@lemmy.mlEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    This is being reposted everywhere as news but is super misleading. The $60 price tag gets you the universal app, meaning one purchase lets you play the game on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It’s still a full game just like the Steam version, and if you look at Resident Evil Village, it will surprisingly run super well on M-series Macs.

    The distaste comes from mobile apps rarely being over $10, but if you think of it as bonus mobile access alongside a fully fledged macOS game, suddenly nothing is wrong here.

  • BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    So basically Apple makes it so you can play the same game on iOS, iPad OS and MacOS, one purchase for $60, play with whatever you want.

    I mean, $60 for a phone game is hard, but for a PC game it’s normal.

    Too bad it’s a remake, but I can see where they are going: become the new standard for mobile gaming, get the hardcore gamers.

  • kibiz0r@midwest.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Is it weird that I’m okay with this?

    Maybe I’m just sick to death of the free-to-play model, so any sort of “you buy it and then you play it” concept on a phone sounds refreshing.

    Still not gonna buy it though. Steam has me trained to only buy things for 75% off. And then never play them.

    • HipPriest@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      Thing is, there’s plenty of Premium games exactly as you describe - it’s all I play on mobile or tablet - but they all cost on average between £5-10. Many are ports, some are free to install to play the first couple of levels and then you unlock the game with a one off purchase. The only thing I own good enough to play games on is my tablet and phone so I know this the hard way, but quality is out there, it’s just hidden away.

      Anyway, £60 is a big step up from the usual £10. I think the Final Fantasy/Ace Attorney ports are about £20. Usually the cheaper price to my mind is that you’re playing on a smaller screen and with a touch control system that doesn’t always suit the game you’re playing (although it can improve certain games - Cultist Simulator, Kingdom Two Crowns and Bad North all feel like they work better with touch controls for me but that’s more a genre thing)

      • InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Yea, but here, that 60 bucks also gets you the full macOS version of that game.
        For sure, it is pretty steep by itself if you only game on mobile, but if you look at it as including a version for your handheld when you buy it for PC… it’s pretty much what Steam already does with the Steamdeck, which makes sense to me.

        Now the price itself, yea, I find it a bit expensive, even on PC/Steam and I’ll probably wait to grab it on sale one day.

        • HipPriest@kbin.social
          2·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, I guess if you own an iPhone and a Mac there’s more appeal. I see the prices for things on my son’s Switch and he’s not old enough to want the really expensive stuff yet, and you don’t even get a desktop version there.

          I think my original point stands though - that having “you buy it and then you play it” games on mobile is not a new concept.