IOS vs Android: which platform to choose if you like the game?

Modern mobile devices have long been so powerful "hardware", that work programs and utilities - it is more than enough. All further improvements hardware evil stuffing, aimed solely at improving the performance of our devices in games and graphics output them on a higher level realism. What really must admit, in the game love to play everything. It must be admitted that many users buy a new smartphone, not only because of the improved camera or design, and first and foremost because of the more powerful stuffing, which are guaranteed to be "go" all games.

So what platform to choose? After all, the Android-smartphone as many cores and gigahertz and such large screens, really iOS-device cooler? What games with yourself? On some of the longer platform exclusives before and go cross-platform games? Let's try to sort out all these issues.

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exclusives

One of the indicators on which gamers are guided in choosing the platform - it exclusives, or in other words, the game available only on a specific platform. So, with exclusives on iOS in order.

For example, a well-known Infinity Blade, and has not appeared in Google Play. Neither the first part nor the second (not to mention a third) were not ported despite androidovedov expectations. To this day, Infinity Blade is perhaps the most striking ekslyuzivov on iOS.

Of the latter, relatively fresh releases, I remember Oceanhorn - very dramatic and juicy action-adventure game, made in the spirit of the Legend of Zelda. Developers almost immediately said they do not plan to release Android-version of the game.

Of the larger games, you can also recall the epic port XCOM: Enemy UnknownWhich also otsutvuet in Google Play.

Games release date

As you can see, mostly developers prefer iOS platform, but it is sometimes a holiday and on the next street. It happens that some games to iOS, to the delight of androidovodov, also appear in Google Play.

Often, this happens after the game became popular, and developers in the wake of the success of trying to reach a wider audience and get more profit. It turns out that if the game comes out, and for Android, the smartphones with a green robot play it will be much later than with the bitten apple devices. Offhand, we can recall the same Angry Birds, Cut the Rope and other successful releases App Store, which later appeared in the Google apps store.

Of relatively recent games reminded port GTA San Andreas, which has received a registration on iOS earlier than on Android. Also, a port that Vaglen on iOS before, I remember masterpiece Final Fantasy IV, released on Android much later (if I'm not mistaken by as much as six months).

So that in this direction, iOS still ahead.

Compatibility and Requirements

What can we say on this point? Well, in short, to mind immediately comes analogy "console vs PC". No, well, really well. How we play on consoles?

1. Choosing a game.
2. Buy.
3. Run.
4. Play.

And as it happens on your PC?

1. Choosing a game.
2. Read the requirements.
3. Compare with her.
4. Read reviews, how will on our hardware.
5. Install the game.
6. Run and pray that worked.
7. (Direkt_iksov install drivers and other Labuda add to taste).

Say what you will, but I believe that these scenarios are very similar, if you project them on the situation «iOS vs Android». Yes, on smartphones with evergreen robot, you do not have to install the driver (for now), but the rest of the case The situation in the same way - we must have a supported device, compatible hardware and tinker with the settings graphics.

Whether iOS business: developers are trying to cover all of a family of devices, and if your device runs on the actual firmware, most likely it will work all the new games.

conclusions

So why the situation is so? Well, let's try to answer this question.

On the first point, namely, the exclusive. It's all just to ugliness. That would not say the developers, their main goal - is to make profit. Everyone knows that the audience App Store has greater purchasing power and a lot of loyal. iOS users are accustomed to paying for apps, and even more so if the product quality, there is a desire to thank the developer itself. Users Android, unfortunately, do not have such advantages, enough to check out at least a feedback applications in Google Play, and you'll see for yourself. People are genuinely surprised that for the application to be paid, in curses sypyat developers address and generally show themselves, not with the best hand.

It is for this reason, developers with the release of an exclusive and cool projects prefer iOS platform. I am genuinely sorry androidovedov, but what to do ...

Release date. On this point, everything is the same as that of the previous one. Developers do not want to be sprayed and initially produce your product for iOS only, giving users the ability to play on other platforms, potentially more exposed to piracy. One more thing - it's payback. While the game does not pay off, and the developers will not receive the planned profit, they do not dare to produce versions for other platforms. So, here again, all tied to profits.

The third point. Compatibility. On it is possible to argue, but the situation is as follows: prevalence, which so love to flaunt adepts green robot has a reverse side of the coin - the fragmentation of devices. Here it is then played (and still plays) a cruel joke with compatibility, which currently leaves much to be desired. Imagine the amount of iron and the same screen resolution will "combine" in the applications developers. Why do they need this, I'm sorry, hemorrhoids? It turns out that the openness of the system, allowing any Chinese to install it on the device stuck together on the knee - is more negative than positive. With iOS is much simpler. Due to the small line of devices, development immeasurably easier game developers and it is natural to understand and take into account.

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I would not want to start another holivar, but apparently can not do without it. All of the above, this is purely my thoughts and reasoning, which prompted me to a recent communication with colleagues, admired so cool games on their Android-smartphone and tablets. People Isken surprised, learning that all of their favorite games that they love so much, first went to the iOS on the iPad, and that they work much better.

I do not think that the situation will change dramatically in the near term, but as they say, wait and see. I'm very iteresno to know your opinion on this issue, so I invite you to the discussion in the comments. What is still to choose, iOS, or Android?