no console, you mainly play on your smartphone

The Androidworld readers most often on his or her phone. Console gamers were in the minority in our weekly AW Poll, and neither are tablets, game accessories for your phone or special gaming phones.

Mobile game machine

Smartphones are very often the productivity machine in our pocket, but of course they are also very suitable for killing time with a relaxing game. A toilet visit? That takes a little longer on the pot thanks to a game of Mario Kart.

Times are better than ever for those who want to use their phone for gaming. Not only have our smartphones become more powerful, but developers are increasingly releasing their well-known titles on phones as well. Assassin’s Creed, League of Legends, Diablo or Forza, you can find all these series in the Play Store. According to our recent survey, 48.2 percent of our readers simply game from their phone. Game consoles (8.0%) or tablets and Chromebooks (8.5%) are much less common. And few have dedicated so-called gaming phones like the ASUS ROG Phone 5 and the Lenovo Legion Phone Duel (2%), according to this week’s AW Poll.

keep it simple

On top of that, cloud gaming is making its appearance. Services like NVIDIA GeForce Now, Stadia and Xbox Cloud Gaming let you play the most demanding games on your smartphone using only your internet connection. Add a controller, possibly one like the Razer Kishi made especially for smartphones, and you have a great gaming experience. Yet only 1% of you actually use a controller on a regular basis. keep it simple is the message.

Of course there is also a large group for those who do not need those smartphone games at all. Instead, these phone users read an extra news article, use an app to search for products from the local farmer, or check whether their phone is still watertight. And especially whether the app that checks the watertightness can possibly be tricked. AW Telegram group, we’re watching you.