Will small screen size devices like smartwatches and tiny smartphones have Stadia games for them?

[froggyboy604]

I think there will be a few game makers who will release Stadia games which are playable on smartwatches and other devices with a very small size screen like those tiny Android smartphones which have screens which are under 4 inches in size.

 

[LEGEND67]

Yeah i guess but it will take more time as we think

 

[Ash]

I guess there could be some companion apps for smartwatches. I'm not sure why anyone would want to play actual games on their smartwatch really. Would be an awful experience :laughing:

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I'd hate to play games on a small screen.

 

[froggyboy604]

Some older classic games like pong, snakes, Tetris, and older 2D RPGs maybe playable on a smaller screen. I remember playing Tetris, Snakes, and a simple racing game on my old Samsung flip cell phone with a small screen, and it work okay with the keypad controls.

The Gameboy Advance Micro had a small screen. Some men's smartwatch's screens maybe similar in size to the Gameboy Advance Micro's screen.

 

[Grungie]

Those devices have buttons, a tiny screen with touch controls for anything outside of something like puzzle games would be cumbersome.

 

[froggyboy604]

Some smartwatches have a dial and a few small physical buttons which maybe able to be use as button controls for games. Some smartwatches also have a microphone which can be used for controlling a game by voice.

Slower moving games like turn based RPG maybe playable on smaller touchscreen devices with a few buttons.

 

[Grungie]

Turn based RPG’s work fine on a smartphone, because all you need is a virtual D-pad, and the menus work fine with touch controls. There’s plenty of screen real estate for you to use a virtual d-pad, and still be able to see what’s going on.

A smart watch would only be able to technically function when you’re in battle, ie using the dial to scroll through menus, and the button can confirm or something. I don’t think you’re being realistic when it comes to the other half of an RPG, which is navigating through maps and dungeons.

You need a four directional d-pad. Well there’s not enough buttons (and using the dial only moves you in two directions), so that leaves the screen. Then that means your finger is going to cover up a significant portion of the screen. Nobody wants to play a game where your finger covers up basically the entire screen.