Christian Lövstedt, CEO of Midjiwan AB, has published an open letter to the "global games industry" calling out peers f…

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Midjiwan AB CEO Christian Lövstedt published an open letter criticizing the gaming industry for overlooking mobile games despite representing 55% of the global gaming market. He argues mobile gaming is dismissed due to perceptions of predatory monetization and low quality, pointing to award bodies like BAFTA and D.I.C.E. rarely recognizing mobile titles. Lövstedt contends that industry awards and media shape cultural narratives and calls for acknowledging mobile as the largest and most creative gaming platform.

Open letter claims mobile gamedev is "ignored" because industry perceives it as a "world of predatory monetization and low quality"

It is a “world of predatory monetization and low quality”. Change my mind.

Mobile game industry is selling: players private data, showing ads and asking them pay to keep playing. What a beautiful business model.
Mobile game industry is like flash games - out of rare exception, it shouldn’t exist anymore Gamers deserve better - Change my mind

Anyone who disagrees with this take, please share a list of games that don’t match this description.
(I mean, no ads every 5 minutes, no pay to win or pay to play etc…)
But I guess a big part of the problems comes from users that don’t want to pay for mobile apps

not all mobile games are shovelware but 99%+ are. I am yet to find the ultimate list of that 1%.
Those that are not shovelware are mostly TCGs, ports or some rare games that are made for mobile. I am not saying that Genshin is not a money machine, but it’s a decent game.
If you want quality games, play it on your computer or console, this mobile gaming market is there because normies or causals play “hypercasual” games that are nothing more than shovelware with a lipstick.