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>smartphones can literally play every game almost without exception from the first consoles to even gamecube and ps2 and even 3ds
>can simulate, fake, or replicate any behaviors of any of those systems too (i.e. DS open close, gba solar sensor)
>are also now powerful enough to run them without any hitches and stay at a relatively high resolution and stable framerate no matter the game
BUT
>touchscreen """"""""""controls""""""""""

Did someone monkey paw this shit? How the fuck is it that we have one of the most powerful accessible gaming devices capable of playing whatever we want in our pockets almost 24/7 but despite that it's unplayable? Irony much?
What the fuck?

Monkey paw?!
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Just get a controller attachment
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>>736256285
Only if you are a disgusting fat fingered fuck.
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There's some Illuminati like movement that is trying to take buttons away from every electronic appliance on earth.
Even cars are but touch screens now, surprises me that they were unable to turn steering wheels into some disgusting touch screen
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>>736256452
touchscreen controls are never justifiable
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>>736256551
>tfw no physical back button
>no physical home button either
>at least for now volume and power are still physical
>for now
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>>736256452
This. Touchscreen buttons work fine for slower games like jrpgs or puzzles or stuff. Also turn on haptic feedback and it'll feel better too
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>>736256442

Which one is good? And how do you not fumble around with it awkwardly and needing to attach it or carry it separately all the time?
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>>736256551
Shhh don't give them ideas.
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>>736256285
>most phones have bluetooth
>most wireless controllers are bluetooth
>????
>profit

how is this hard?
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>>736257930

Same questions then
>>736257206
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>>736258083
...anon you can do it with both the xbox an ps controllers, it actually isnt hard... unless you got like a ten year old phone or somethin
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>>736256551
I don't understand this at all. What's the benefit to the companies? Aren't complicated touch screens more expensive to produce and install than simple digital buttons with on/off states?
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...because I sympathize with laziness, sometimes.
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>>736258737
>Aren't complicated touch screens more expensive to produce and install than simple digital buttons with on/off states?
Probably not as they chose this path and companies are always profit oriented. Buying a batch of slightly larger screens is probably cheaper than buying shorter screens + a batch of physical buttons + programming your soldering bots to solder said buttons on the pcbs and whatnot.
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>>736258952
But >>736257206
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>>736256285
retards trying to make touch screen devices into gaming machines have always been retarded

the only thing they're good for is bejeweled type simple puzzle games that work well on a touch screen

anyone who wants to play anything more complex on their phones is a fucking retard
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>>736259127
You make sacrifices and compromise, numbnuts.
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>>736258737
surprisingly, no, the touchscreen in 90% of cases is actually cheaper then the different manufacturing process it takes to make and maintain physical buttons. reliability as well since physical buttons do have a 'life span' of sorts and will ware and drift over time, touch screens now are either 100% fine or 100% dead with no inbetween.
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>put emulator on phone
>plug appropriate controller to phone
>now you're just playing whatever console you're emulating but on a small screen
Is this too hard for you OP?
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>>736258273
>xbox an ps controllers
so you put your phone on a table or on your legs?
that sounds like shit, why even use a phone then
i rather play on my vita or 3ds
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>>736257206
M-Con or GameSir Pocket Taco.
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>>736259381
yeah this i just hold the controller with two hands and the phone with my third middle hand
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>>736259512
Phone holders exist for both xbox and ps controllers
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good morning gamesirs
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in the sea of shit that is /v/, threads like these restore my faith in anon. helping without full spoon feeding with a generous coat of fucking with op, never change anons
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>>736259595
>imagine being this retarded
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>>736258737
I think it's just easier to program one screen than hardwire buttons.
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>>736259612
And how the fuck do you carry that in your pockets with your phone then?
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>>736259512
Because vita and 3ds can't play every game like phones can
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>>736259831
>>736259306
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>>736259831
Jeez I don't know anon.
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>>736256285
Or you can just use a Steam Deck.
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>>736256285
>touchscreen controls
>portrait
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>>736256285
Excuse me but how the fuck do you even play MKDS with those controls? You literally can't drift let alone snake
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>>736260187
Ever heard of the claw grip?
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>>736260073
I can do landscape but portrait makes the buttons way too small and impossible to use. I don't know how people can do it
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>old enough to remember
>touch screens only able to register one point of contact at a time
>flip phones
>dial tones
>rotary phones
>tone bypass pay phones
>learning morse in class for telegraphs
>cursive
>calligraphy
>missives
>wax seals
>marks
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>>736256285
playing games on a phone is soulless
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How tf do I play PS2 games on my phone?
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>>736260753
It's convenient and incognito, keeping you from looking like a sperg in public.
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>>736260597
Gamers back in my day used to be able to man up and deal with the worst of situations, nowadays you guys whine about anything
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>>736256285
>>736256442
>>736257206
https://www.amazon.com/Controller-Joystick-Lightweight-Ergonomic-Controller-Smartphone/dp/B0DXPMVCWC

dont get a wireless one because they need to charge
keep it in something like a hip bag or backpack
>gameSAAAR
unfortunate name but they do have decent products, i've been using one to play games on my phone for a couple years and i've played
>castlevania DOS
>portrait of ruin
>order of ecclesia
>pokemon platinum
>pokemon black
>metal gear solid peace walker
>metroid fusion
it feels good in the hands, the buttons feel great, its got a clicky dpad, not one of those awful mushy ones, extra buttons for things like fast forward
the specific one i have is no longer available i think, but just getting one that is usb-c so you dont have to worry about charging it should be fine

i liked it so much i ordered an AYN thor and i'm gonna be plaything through the rest of the ds generation pokemons, rocket slime, FFIII, chrono trigger, and trying some ps2 emulation on it at work
gonna see if it runs disgaea since i've been wanting to check it out
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>>736260809
The fuck is wrong with you? ps2 is like baseline entry for phone emulation. its harder to get most nintendo shit past 64 to work then anything ps1/2/3. five minutes on google can get you setup for ps2
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>>736260981
>dont get a wireless one because they need to charge
the wired one suck your phones battery, get wireless. its an extra thing to charge but overall you get more playtime
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I managed to get pretty far in Balloon Fight using just my touchscreen controls. In the past input lag was a problem, but now it's so small that the majority of games can be completed. Even if that isn't the case, you can still easily transfer a save from mobile to PC and continue that way.
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>>736261105
>suck your phone battery
this is the emulator, not the controller, unfortunately
they have pass through charging anyways, and portable power bricks are pretty cheap, if you are taking it in a bag its trivial to bring one

if you have a wired one and low battery, you can just charge the phone through it, but if you have a wireless one and both the controller and phone have low battery you're SOL
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>>736259595
>He doesn't have a third N64 controller hand
LMAOing at your life
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>his phone doesn't have physical buttons on it to play vidya with
Heh, nothin' personnel kid
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>>736261434
What can it play? Java shit?
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>>736260701
>>learning morse in class for telegraphs
There's no way.
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>>736261648
Pretty sure I had snes roms on this thing. Or maybe it was one of the other models.
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>>736260918
Why do care about public?
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>>736261648
Doom RPG
Dare you to name even one phone game better.
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>>736261979
Way. When I was a kid we lived in a very remote an isolated mountain town. We only had single wire transmission for decades cause they couldnt get the equipment needed for the compound cables for phones until decades after. So the only primary school we had still taught morse even after i had left for the work force.
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>>736259595
way to out yourself as a dicklet
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Ideal solution is a controller that can break into 2 and attach on either side of your phone or reattach as a whole and stay as a regular controller.
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>>736256442
>>736256452
SPBP
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>>736256285
>My phone came with a stylus
I can play ds games without issue.
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>>736266438
Pretty based
Does EBA work?
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>>736267109
I don't really mess with it much, but I use FullRoid when I get an urge to play Soul Silver again.
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just get a chinkheld
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>>736256285
I have this and it fixes it.
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>>736268432
Based yugioh connisuere
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>>736256285
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>>736257057
VOLCANO
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>>736256442
I dont understand why no company make a package of phone/tablet + controller and exclusive games of AAA developers
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>>736272186
What do you think Chinese handhelds are exactly? That entire market is exactly that. The reason they are not big is because
>Android sucks ass compared to Linux for emulators as they're consistently out of date and have Android overhead to deal with.
>Input lag on DS and 3DS makes touch-screen heavy games unplayable.
>For higher end machines you need bespoke drivers to do stuff like Switch or Gamehub at any remotely usable capacity.
>Thermal throttling can happen or you need cooling solutions when you're doing stuff on higher end systems.
>Battery life is horrific past PS1 sometimes only being 2-3 hours before you need to charge.
>Cost is ridiculous to start moving past PS2 and GC to the point you're paying a minimum of $300 and that doesn't even guarantee you native stable framerates let alone upscales which are usually necessary to not have the game look terrible on those devices.
>When you get to Wii U and up you're literally paying $600-1000 for some of these devices.
>Quality control is pure trash as seen with AYN, Retroid, and Miyoo. Magic X, Anbernic, and TrimUI are the only ones who seem to have any quality control at all and virtually none of the high end guys offer warranties.
On top of you needing to tinker and set up to make sure everything runs how you want it. Smartphone emulation is mostly a meme. The important devices are Linux-based since they don't have garbage emulator support, and the few that are decent on Android are bruteforcing its issues away and cost more than Steam Decks at times.
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>>736257206
I use MCON, if you're patient you should just wait for clones or when they slim it down.
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>>736273045
Slimming it down sounds good
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>>736256285
Don’t they have like connectable ps3 handheld controls to your smartphone. And sunglasses where you can put your phone on, so you can walk around outside without holding your phone. Coming soon probably, it doesn’t look that stupid and it’s way more comfy.
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Why is it unacceptable to, for example, play Pokemon fire red on your switch while sitting at an outdoor cafe table but completely acceptable if you sat at that same cafe table playing the same pokemon fire red but on your phone?
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>can play
False. They can emulate, which is to say, inaccurately simulate a game. It's like playing a shitty chinkshit bootleg. Emulators are trash for poorfaggots and retards who cant afford to play on original hardware.
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>>736273273
nobody in real life cares about anyone they encounter in public
use headphones and don't make a scene
quenten is gay as fuck
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>>736273273
Because no one would fucking know what you do on your phone unless they were within extreme proximity, whereas unless you have all black joycons for your switch to mask it as a tablet in a best case scenario, you are without a doubt outing yourself as a fucking child inside a grown up body. You know this, everyone knows this, and unless you're the kind of person who just doesn't give a fuck and does what they want, you are absolutely just being disingenuous by asking that question.
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>>736273273
Quentin brainwashed the entire board for generations
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>>736260073
Portrait mode is fantastic for TATE games but that's about it.
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>>736273556
TATE?
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>Delta still can't play Dinosaur Planet or RE2
Shit emulator.
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>>736273895
TATE mode, think of vertical shmups or vertical arcade games in general like PAC-MAN or Donkey Kong.
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>>736256285
gramps android phones can play pc games now thanks to valve shekles
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>>736257930
>most phones have bluetooth
any phone post-2010 has fucking blutooth.
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as someone who never had or knew anyone who had a 3G vita, could those make and receive calls/texts?
I remember it had 3G through AT&T in the US
I had just a WiFi one and bought another one to SD mod a few years ago
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i don't like playing any games on my phone
except crossword
but pretty much every crossword app sucks ass
can't have shit on this planet



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