We are incredibly lucky to be alive at a time when modern technological advancements are reaching frankly obscene levels, with mobile phones at the forefront of this ever-expanding area and now thriving further thanks to new software in this space.
The days of Snake on our old Nokia brick phones or the inability to receive a picture message are long gone, with our mobile phones being able to perform a number of various different functions. We can send a text message, but also search for a local Chinese restaurant to eat at, whilst even finding a gym to work-off that chicken chow mein afterwards.
Gaming has also taken huge strides in mobile phones too, with on-the-go gaming proving more popular than ever before. You can register and play classics like Roulette at Mansion, catch Pokemon from the bus on your way to work or beat your mouthy mate at FIFA 19, amongst a whole host of other games. In fact, millions of other games.
But why is mobile gaming so popular these days, despite various other consoles being far more advanced? What is the appeal of mobile gaming? Below are a number of reasons as to why more and more of us are opting to get our gaming fix from our mobile games instead of other forms of gaming.
Convenience
Convenience is a huge factor when gaming. If a game or a console is a hassle to play, you just simply won’t play it, will you? We all lead busy lives, so an easily accessible, on-the-go way of gaming suits so many gamers. When time is scarce, having a mobile game to play during a break at work, on the train home from school or while on that dreaded trip away with the in-laws is ideal. Mobile games and apps can be opened at the touch of a button. They are all immediately accessible on most modern devices, at the touch of a single button. How handy is that?!
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Cost
Gaming on one of the major, well known consoles isn’t cheap. A Playstation 4 game can cost up to £60 and an Xbox game isn’t cheap either, so the fact that you can buy top quality mobile games on your mobile device for around £3, as well as many play free versions of the top games, makes mobile gaming much more affordable and therefore easily accessible to gamers on the whole.
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Sociable way to game
Gaming can tend to be a bit lonely at times, depending on the game of course. But mobile gaming tends to be the total opposite as many mobile games have a large social gaming factor, whether that is playing against your friends and other people, or just comparing your highest scores with others on the leader board. Mobile phones and social gaming go hand-in-hand these days as more and more of us discover the joys of teaming up or going against our friends. There’s no doubting that games like Pokemon Go - which play on the social gaming aspect - are a huge success because of it. Games of this kind are one of the main reasons why mobile gaming is so popular.
Ease of use
In their quest for the greatest graphics and more complex game mechanics than ever before - amongst a whole host of other things - console games have become pretty damn complex to play, especially for beginners. Mobile games, on the other hand, are much simpler to access, play and enjoy. They’re for all types of gamers, basically.
