King's stock loses over 20% on Candy Crush Saga weakness, earned paltry $611 million

Lernaean

Banned
Yep. Just like PC is not a gaming platform, it's for word processing and budgeting spreadsheets.

There are things like gaming PCs you know, i for one don't do anything else on my gaming PC and it has only the software needed.
There is nothing like a gaming phone, or you could say there was one by Sony. Guess what? No one wanted it.

When mobile mans up and grows some buttons, then we talk.
 
There are things like gaming PCs you know, i for one don't do anything else on my gaming PC and it has only the software needed.
There is nothing like a gaming phone, or you could say there was one by Sony. Guess what? No one wanted it.

When mobile mans up and grows some buttons, then we talk.

So narrow minded. Part of the appeal of mobile gaming is that its on a device that you have with you at all times regardless. So during downtime (ie: waiting at a doctor's office or something) you can whip it out and do some quick gaming. You can't do that with today's portables with them being so large.
A controller isn't going to jive with the masses, and I don't see the form factor of smart phones changing aaaaaanytime soon.

So has anyone actually finished this game?

Plenty of people have. None that I know personally, or on GAF. But people have finished it, without paying, even.
 
I am humored by the holier than thou and "they just dont get it" defenses by those sold to the mobile side.

We get it. We get that its a poor replacement and a lacking supplement to the entertainment medium we enjoy.

Never again will I spend on a mobile game just to play it once and delete it to free space for podcasts.
 
So narrow minded. Part of the appeal of mobile gaming is that its on a device that you have with you at all times regardless. So during downtime (ie: waiting at a doctor's office or something) you can whip it out and do some quick gaming. You can't do that with today's portables with them being so large.
A controller isn't going to jive with the masses, and I don't see the form factor of smart phones changing aaaaaanytime soon.



Plenty of people have. None that I know personally, or on GAF. But people have finished it, without paying, even.

I can also do a million other things on the internet with my phone to kill time than waste time with a "monetized" piece of garbage that exists solely to get as much money as possible from me.
 

Lernaean

Banned
So narrow minded. Part of the appeal of mobile gaming is that its on a device that you have with you at all times regardless. So during downtime (ie: waiting at a doctor's office or something) you can whip it out and do some quick gaming. You can't do that with today's portables with them being so large.
A controller isn't going to jive with the masses, and I don't see the form factor of smart phones changing aaaaaanytime soon.

Narrow minded? Thinking that the trash you can get in the app stores is gaming is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of gaming you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep tapping.
But please don't expect us, who were getting ridiculed as geeks, for gaming, for years by today's phone holding zombies, to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are gaming.
Peace out.
 
Narrow minded? Thinking that the trash you can get in the app stores is gaming is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of gaming you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep tapping.
But please don't expect us, who were getting ridiculed as geeks, for gaming, for years by today's phone holding zombies, to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are gaming.
Peace out.

LOL WOW

this is amazing
 
I can also do a million other things on the internet with my phone to kill time than waste time with a "monetized" piece of garbage that exists solely to get as much money as possible from me.
That's your personal preference. Clearly there are many others than don't have a problem with three games. Besides, there are soooo many games out there that don't force or throw in your face the IAP.
 
Narrow minded? Thinking that the trash you can get in the app stores is gaming is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of gaming you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep tapping.
But please don't expect us, who were getting ridiculed as geeks, for gaming, for years by today's phone holding zombies, to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are gaming.
Peace out.
I don't even know where to begin with this. What's with the persecution complex? Why are you being a snob at people who enjoy a different format of gaming? What does being ridiculed for being a nerd have to do with this? What constitutes a phone holding zombie? Do real gamers not enjoy mobile gaming as well as console or PC games?
 
Narrow minded? Thinking that the trash you can get in the app stores is gaming is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of gaming you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep tapping.
But please don't expect us, who were getting ridiculed as geeks, for gaming, for years by today's phone holding zombies, to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are gaming.
Peace out.

this post

ohmyGAWD lmao
 

Mooreberg

is sharpening a shovel and digging a ditch
Not that surprising. I think some of these companies would be better served by remaining private. Unless of course getting to IPO was the goal to begin with.

Most of them do not have the breadth of games to keep growing each quarter in line with investor expectations.
 

Zolbrod

Member
Narrow minded? Thinking that the trash you can get in the app stores is gaming is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of gaming you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep tapping.
But please don't expect us, who were getting ridiculed as geeks, for gaming, for years by today's phone holding zombies, to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are gaming.
Peace out.

Thinking that the trash you buy at McDonald's is food is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of food you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep eating.
But please don't expect us, who were brought up on prime steak and caviar to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are eating real food.

Peas out.
 

Matriox

Member
Thinking that the trash you buy at McDonald's is food is narrow minded.

As i have said before, if that's the future of food you are dreaming then please go ahead, keep eating.
But please don't expect us, who were brought up on prime steak and caviar to not laugh by the fact that you keep wasting your time with trash and you believe you are eating real food.

Peas out.

Well done.
 

maltrain

Junior Member
Great news. Why? Because the fucking mobile gaming and their stupid silly games has been hurting the industry we love (real games with real development).

I'm pretty sure the mobile gaming bubble will explode sooner than later.
 

Kenai

Member
Don't worry, I'm sure they invested at least some of the zillions? of dollars they have made wisely and are ready to weather this stohahahahaha sorry nevermind.
 

Lernaean

Banned
We can all laugh if we don't agree with someone's opinion. That's the easiest and also the most immature thing to do.

Or at the other hand you could contradict my argument by please informing me, and the others like me, believe me i'm not alone, by presenting one, just one mobile game that is ground breaking, that excells in its narrative, or its gameplay, one that runs immaculately and shows a high level of polish, of production value, one that shows that it will pass the test of time and take its place among the best in gaming history.

I expected the lols and the omg's, as i said it's the easiest thing to do if you can't back your argument, but i said i'd answer because i had the unpleasant surprise to get a mock post by someone with a W101 profile pic. That someone who likes that game would defend trash was sad tbh, but our guy nailed something: Junk food is called 'junk' for a reason.

About Candy Crash itself, even if it was a good game, i fail to understand how anyone would support it given the fact that King has acted like dicks and the fact that there are many other puzzles on the platform that are both better gamewise and in terms of presentation.

Now you can keep with the sarcasm, i honestly have tough skin, but i'm bailing from the thread until someone presents a game with any of the criteria mentioned above.
 

Pikma

Banned
I have nothing against mobile games, even though I have never enjoyed them, but I fucking despise bad quality and shitty business practices, and these guys definitely check those boxes, so yeah, I'm glad they're reaching their peak, can't wait for that free fall to come. They deserve it.
 

Falk

that puzzling face
You would think these companies would be in a great position to repeat their success since they can advertise directly to so many people but the market is just too unpredictable for that i guess.

This says it best

The average casual game app store player has NO brand loyalty. The casual player loves THAT GAME ONLY, for some reason they don’t care what else the developer has made. This is completely backwards from other businesses. Music: people follow an artist. Movies: people follow an actor or director. Cars: people follow a manufacturer if not a specific model. The casual player who likes FarmVille doesn’t care Zynga made something else, they like FarmVille. It is next to impossible to make a business in an environment of no brand loyalty. Every win of a customer requires you to re-win them on the next sale, as if they were a stranger. Look at how Zynga lost big on Draw Something. All those customers didn’t leave Draw Something to other Zynga games like they hoped, they just left to something new and shiny in the store. One of the 152 new daily dreams.
 
We can all laugh if we don't agree with someone's opinion. That's the easiest and also the most immature thing to do.

Or at the other hand you could contradict my argument by please informing me, and the others like me, believe me i'm not alone, by presenting one, just one mobile game that is ground breaking, that excells in its narrative, or its gameplay, one that runs immaculately and shows a high level of polish, of production value, one that shows that it will pass the test of time and take its place among the best in gaming history.

I expected the lols and the omg's, as i said it's the easiest thing to do if you can't back your argument, but i said i'd answer because i had the unpleasant surprise to get a mock post by someone with a W101 profile pic. That someone who likes that game would defend trash was sad tbh, but our guy nailed something: Junk food is called 'junk' for a reason.

About Candy Crash itself, even if it was a good game, i fail to understand how anyone would support it given the fact that King has acted like dicks and the fact that there are many other puzzles on the platform that are both better gamewise and in terms of presentation.

Now you can keep with the sarcasm, i honestly have tough skin, but i'm bailing from the thread until someone presents a game with any of the criteria mentioned above.

To be fair I wasn't laughing at your argument, I was laughing at you attempting to speak for me and/or others by mentioning people who were ridiculed as kids. Despite what you think gaming is or should be (and you are in no position to make that claim), it's not your place to decide what is or isn't trash to someone else who is having fun. I won't even touch your challenge to "find a mobile game that will stand the test of time" because the challenge by itself is completely ridiculous.

But go ahead and ride off into the sunset on your high horse thinking that you've made anything resembling a point, because the only thing you've done is show how much of an ignorant child you are.
 
I just hope this fad is over sooner rather than later, cause it stayed too long already and it's stink passed to other gaming platforms.
Or just to gaming platforms, because you know, a phone is not a gaming platform, it's a phone.

Wrong. The phone isn't a really a phone. It's a mobile computer that just happens to make calls.

The smartphone is every bit a gaming console as a PS4 or XB1.
 
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