The changing platforms of the video games

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The aim of this paper is to discuss the changing platforms of the video games starting
from the console platform to mobile or smartphone gaming and how it has engaged a huge
number of people around the world. Now the gaming platform has shifted to the mobile video
games and the gamers from all generations have been spending an insane amount of time
playing every type of games. It proves that the smartphones are gradually taking up the
popularity of video games played in consoles. The chief reasons of this shift is due to the
technological development of the smartphones and the games becoming more attractive in the
phone features. In addition to this, the gamers can carry the games anywhere and spend their
time playing in any situation.
Since the advent of iPhones, the market of smartphone has grown exponentially
beyond the wildest dreams. The technology iPhone has started to use to grow white engaging
experience to the mobile phone Gamers has been utilised by other smartphone companies and
Systems. In every aspect of life mobile phones are dominating human lives therefore the
gaming experience has not fall in exception. According to Forbes.com (2018), a poll of
female and male gamers in the UK based mobile strategy agency has found that the mobile
game has been voted the most preferred gaming device 42% and 32% voters have preferred
consoles and 26% their personal computer. The processing power and graphical abilities of
the mobile devices have attracted huge number of population especially the young ones to
prefer the mobile platform for gaming experience. The vast expanse of the games available in
mobile has advanced this preference for mobile gaming process (Deterding et al, 2011).
Mobile games have the Ability to feature all inclusive and in-depth story, character
development, capability to present massive online 3D world and emerged through virtual
reality and augmented reality (Witkowski, 2012).
The preference for Smartphone platform for gaming experience is also increased as
the price is a major factor where the gamers get their preferred games online through free

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apps. Similarly for a few contribution the mobile games can give enriching experience. They
are free to play models that allow the users to play and progress without any spending.
According to the co-founder of independent games developer Rebellion, the mobile games
are not taking up the market of consoles for changing the features of video games but actually
contributing orbiting the gaming market in the world. Smartphone platform of video gaming
is helping the industry to expand hugely and adding the element of overlapping where instead
of losing players in one particular area the shifts are being seen through different games and
different platforms (Linehan et al., 2015). The popularity of video gaming has been increased
with mobile game platform and more and more people are supporting the fact that they are
getting more enjoyment that they used to get from the computer games (Taylor, 2016). The
Mobile gaming has brought the element of convenience which PCs or consoles did not give.
Mobile gaming platform has added the number of population converting the social network
audience Into the Gamers and showing that and you audience of players is emergency. These
players do not necessarily identify as The Gamers at the home playing on expensive consoles
but instead can spend time on the mobile games which is not at all expensive to buy.
However mobile experience and console experience for video game is merging each day
(Taylor, 2016). The main growth driver for console, mobile and PC gaming is different
variations of social and competitive gaming experiences in last few years. the cross platform
games that includes both the experience of computer and consoles along with mobile games
has given an interesting scope to minimise the gap of platforms that can work for the
advantages of all types of gaming platform (Deterding et al, 2014).
The game specific handsets have been emerging a new wave in the gaming industry
market because more and more gamers ate flocking to the popular multiplayer games like
Clash of Clans, Fortnite and most importantly PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or PUBG.
The popularity of such games has increased when the youngsters get the same high end