why are so many games marked incompatible

[wintermute000]

Is it just me or does it seem like half the fricking games in the market marked incompatible?!??!

Even stuff like bejwelled....

a lot of the time I can get the app via my phone, backup the apk and manually sideload it and it works fine. But this is not a permanent fix....

Is this sony being lazy, google being lazy, app devs being lazy, or something else?
Without root I'm guessing there's no fix?!??!

The worst bit is that this 'block' isn't consistent: an app may be blocked in the web market, and doesn't come up when searching from tablet, but say I hit an ad in the marketplace or tegrazone and BAM it lets me install. WHAT THE ?!?!?!?!

 

[Silver-Eye]

Sometimes I think that Sony has something to do with that.. but I hope thats only my conspiracy mind playing tricks on me..

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[wintermute000]

I have a sneaking feeling its app devs who have to mark their apps as compatible or incompatible and since this tablet doesn't have a big presence, it falls through their cracks...

I've seen several games where say the Lite version is marked available but the full version IS NOT (i.e. Siegecraft THD). Of course the full version runs fine if you sideload it... ROFL

 

[unclespoon]

Yes it's definitely the app publishers who declare compatibility and I just don't think the tablet s has made a big enough splash. It sucks cause like you said you can sideload the apps. I'm sure once we get ICS things will change...

 

[DreadPirateDan]

I gotta say i'm pretty steamed. I specifically got a tegra 2 device to maximize gaming compatibility, now the only "hardcore" games showing are shadowgun, GTA3 and Asphalt 6. No nova, mc2, mc3 etc etc. Not very happy at this point.

The weird part is, a simple realestate app won't show in the market on it :\.

I wish there was some way to just force the market to show all apps, like in cyanogen mod. Just without the need for root since we don't have that yet

 

[unclespoon]

It has a LOT to do with fragmentation in Android, with all the different versions on all the different devices, a developer has to test and be 100% sure before it marks its app as "compatible." Try contacting the developer if you want help, unfortunately it's nothing SONY has done.

 

[Overdoser]

You dont understand problem.
Some time ago we could buy apps:for example, Dead Space.
But suddenly Android Market said:you couldnt buy this app because it incompatible with your Sony Tablet S.

 

[bckrupps]

Can somebody tell me if bang bang racing shows up in the market?

 

[wintermute000]

Update, factory reserve fixed it, most apps are good to go. Dread , I would give that a shot.

Don't get mad at Sony for gameloft games being incompatible, that's game loft's fault

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[bckrupps]

Hey wintermute000 can you check if bang bang racing shows up in the market? It there any way to pay for an app or game and then sideload it. The tablet is discounted at tiger direct. I love that game lol.

 

[Silver-Eye]

Hey wintermute000 can you check if bang bang racing shows up in the market? It there any way to pay for an app or game and then sideload it. The tablet is discounted at tiger direct. I love that game lol.

Yep, its in the market, and its compatible with the sony s.. at least where I am, Portugal.

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[unclespoon]

You dont understand problem.
Some time ago we could buy apps:for example, Dead Space.
But suddenly Android Market said:you couldnt buy this app because it incompatible with your Sony Tablet S.

I do understand problem. What's happening is that Gameloft is updating their game and changing which versions/iterations of Android their game is compatible with, and with the thousand of different variations of Android coming out every day, they have either changed or our software version has changed and they're no longer compatible. As many have said, ICS will fix A LOT of that. You can try a master reset, but other than that just wait for ICS or sideload it from a dropped apk.

 

[Overdoser]

Thank you for answer)

I have one question:why EA games(Real Racing 2 and Dead Space) doesnt support sony tablet s?

 

[unclespoon]

It's not that they don't support the tablet s, it's just that they're not specifically listed as compatible with either the tablet s or the version of android we're running (maybe sony's update to 3.1.2 or whatever it was) isn't listed under their market description so it won't allow you to install it from the market. There are ways around that but you won't be able to get updates or support through the market. I'm waiting for ICS (hopefully Feb) and most, if not all, of these problems should be resolved!