Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Computing power
As mentioned before, today's mobile devices have gotten quite powerful. Even more
amazing is the fact that the tendency is for them to continue to improve, jamming
more computing power into less physical space. However, the best smart phone
today is no match against even an average power gaming PC. For most web ap-
plications, this difference can often be neglected but certainly not for more complex
games.
One specific disadvantage that mobile devices have against desktop computers in
this area is that the gap between the computing power of a lower-end mobile device
and an average mobile device is quite large, as compared to a low-end desktop
computer and a mere average one. Thus, when considering the capabilities of your
game's users, remember that a large amount of those players will have very limited
devices.
