The new iPhone 15 comes out tomorrow – but will it take mobile gaming to a new level?

The new iPhone 15 comes out tomorrow – but will it take mobile gaming to a new level?

Mobile gaming expert weighs in on how the new iPhone 15 is being dubbed as the “next generation of mobile gaming."

Topics: mobile gaming, mobile media, iPhone 15, augmented reality (AR)

Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, School of Media and Communication

“The iPhone 15 is being heralded as a new generation in mobile gaming by being able to run triple A games like ‘Resident Evil’, a game that has always been local to PC and console.  

“But how good will the gameplay of triple A games be on a small, compact device, such as the iPhone 15?

“It’s important to put mobile media into context. There has always been a movement to integrate facets of everyday life into our phones – and gaming is no exception.

“Games like Pokémon Go are indicative of how mobile phones try to implement systems that were foreign to mobile, namely Augmented Reality (AR).  

“New media artists have been experimenting with AR for decades on mobile devices, but it was Pokémon Go that truly popularised it.

“However, Pokémon Go does burn through batteries and many mobiles can’t cope with ongoing use without overheating, signalling how mobile media slightly falls behind in replicating the medium for AR. 

“One thing’s for sure though, triple A games will be more accessible with its introduction to mobile and rake in new audiences.  

“While not everyone has a computer, almost everyone has a mobile phone. This accessibility dimension is why mobile games often become so mainstream.

“Additionally, part of the success of mobile games is because of their ability to be interrupted during gameplay, also called ‘ambient play’, which is a play that moves in and out of focus, from background to the forefront.  

“The ambient play dimension allows for different players with various skills to join, it’s a source for intergenerational and multispecies play.”

Professor Larissa Hjorth is a Distinguished Professor and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at RMIT University.

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21 September 2023

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