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God I fucking hate mobile games. It's so sad that's what kids are growing up on now.

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I disagree. More than half of those are ports and I actually find it more male chauvinistic to assume that women prefer mobile games.

That's like telling someone who thinks Barbie is vapid "Actually most women like Barbie so actually you're sexist."

[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

And most MLM scams target women too, does that make me sexist for hating MLM schemes?

[-] hypercracker@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

maybe you don't hang around women who play mobile games, but I know a few including my own mom, and they're mostly word puzzle games. wordle obviously is big, but that really crowbarred open the door and now there are an absolute ton of word-based games with pretty innovative mechanics.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Gen alpha kids generally aren't addicted to sudoku and crosswords lol. This seems like a major reach when it's obvious what the post is talking about.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

were people actually addicted to those, or was there just nothing better to do? Accoring to le reddit sudoku has had a decline, and it seems to correlate with the availability of do literally anything on your smartphone.

[-] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

No, that's what I mean. My nieces and nephews aren't playing puzzle games that older people may be on their phones. They're playing the modern day equivalent of 80s cartoons: corporate unregulated apps designed to get as much screen-on time as possible to push ads and microtransactions. If they were addicted to sudoku it would he an improvement!

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[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

49% of mobile gamers are women

Unless nonbinary people are a huge part of the mobile game userbase, that sounds like a pretty even split of men and women to me.

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