Will many people still play games on Smartphone if they become unpopular like landline telephones?

There are many classic games like Tetris and pong, game console emulators like Nintendo and Sega emulators, and popular mobile games like Clash of Clans and Pokemon Go which work on smartphone and tablets, so I can see many people still using a smartphone to play games if the smartphone becomes less popular like land line telephones because another type of communication device like a robots with a built-in PC, screen, mic, keyboard and speaker becomes more popular for electronically keeping in touch with people.

IntoxNitram said:

The difference is smartphones (vs. landline phones) tend to have uniform operating systems, like Android and iOS, so it is likely that these operating systems will be implemented into new hardware should this occur. This will mean that many of the games will be available on the new hardware and therefore most people would be likely to jump ship onto the new hardware and play the games there.

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There is a always a chance that Android, and iOS becomes unpopular along with smartphones if the smartphone become unpopular when a another type of communication device becomes more popular for voice, text, video, and picture based communication.

Blackberry, Symbian, Palm, etc were popular in the past. But, now these operating system along with their phones are gone or almost dead because most people switched to iOS or Android. Some of the games for Blackberry, Palm, Symbian, etc have not been re-made for Android and iOS because the maker of old games for an OS like Symbian is retired, does not know how to make iOS and Android games, or does not want to re-make their game for Android or iOS for different reasons.

IntoxNitram said:

We've seen iOS and Android powering different devices before and they seem to be expanding even further into new technologies and creating a uniform operating system across different technologies. Obviously, there is always the chance for them to become retired, but the difference here is that Android and iOS is built to be adaptable and usable on many other technologies, with Android itself going a step further and being open source.

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Future popular communication devices may not come with the needed hardware like a color screens or may come with no screen at like Amazon Alexa voice assistant, and future devices may use cheaper less powerful parts to sell the device at a low price to get more buyers, and improve the battery life by using less powerful parts which use very little power like calculators which can run off a small watch battery or solar power.

In the past, Windows XP netbooks were popular for online chat with MSN messenger, E-mail, and playing less hardware intensive PC games like Age of Empires. But, after a few years, slower less powerful android and iOS smartphones and tablets replace netbooks as the most popular mobile device for online chat with apps like Skype for mobile and mobile gaming.

Many Windows XP games which can run on netbooks were never re-made for Android, and iOS because old smartphones and tablets couldn't run games like Age of Empire because mobile CPUs and video chips for mobiles like the iPhone 1 and iPad 1 were not fast enough, and the iPhone 1 can only use basic apps, and play simpler games. Plus, smartphones and tablets only came with around 8GB or less storage in the past, so they can't fit larger games which required a hard drive in 2007.

I think some mobile gamers still carry around a netbook if they wanted to play less hardware intensive games like Age of Empires when they are away from home, and don't want to carry a larger laptop because the games were not available on smartphone or tablets yet.

Some gamers may still carry around newer $200 and cheaper Windows 10 netbooks to play less hardware intensive games like Warcraft which is still not ported to iOS and Android.

yaboitripgaming said:

I don't know anyone who plays phone games because they love phone games.(not saying people don't) I personally only play them because I have to have a phone and hey why not play games while you're out an about.

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Higher quality smartphone games like Pokemon Go and Clash of Clans may convince some people to buy a smartphone instead of a cheaper regular cell phone if the user is not interested in chat apps like Skype, web browsing, video chat, and using other non-gaming mobile apps like social networking apps.

Back in the past, many people bought a cell phone mainly to use to call and text people, or call a taxi to drive them home or to somewhere. But, now smartphone gaming is part of people's daily gaming hobby because there are enough games to keep them entertained at home, and outdoors.

I think if popular communication devices release in the future don't have a way of making money from app purchases, or don't have an official advertising program like Adsense, many games may not be ported to new systems because game makers want to earn money from their games when people buy them, or view ads on free games like Asphalt 8.

Most Linux desktop operating systems, and older non-Google certified versions of Android without Google play don't have an official way of accepting and receiving payment for digital apps, games, and media. Most of these operating systems use a free software and games store where most or all games are free.

People would need to use Steam for Linux, GOG, the Amazon App store, etc to buy, and download paid games and software.