Thursday, May 23, 2013: The Android operating system, which was created and developed by Google, is one of the two rival systems – alongside Apple’s iOS – which are competing for dominance in the mobile phone market. The Windows OS is now on the scene as well, but has significant ground to make up to catch up with these two, and gaming is a crucial factor in which of the systems achieves dominance – simply because so many mobile phone users see gaming as crucial to them. Both Android and iOS have arguments in their favour when it comes to gaming, and both have loyal customer bases, but certainly there is much to recommend Android when it comes to gaming.
To start with, if you choose Android you have far greater choice when it comes to the actual model of phone you opt to game on – which can be crucial in terms of both price and technical specs. Most of the major phone models outside of the Apple range carry Android, which means far greater price variance and also greater choice when it comes to things like screen size – which can be crucial when it comes to the quality of games that involve detailed graphics.
Gaming on an Android phone can also be cheaper, thanks to the greater number of free-to-download apps available at the Google Playstore, compared with Apple’s App Store. It was widely predicted that this would lead to fewer games developers bothering with Android, but that doesn’t take into account the sheer numbers of people using these phones. In particular, when online casino sites such as Lucky Nugget were looking to make their popular casino games available to people on their phones, they ensured that mobile casino games apps were available for Android as well as iOS. Indeed many developers are creating for both systems; recognising that this offers the chance to reach a big customer base over the longer term as well as making instant money.
