03-08-2012, 07:08 PM
Grieve Wrote:I do think even serious consoles could be in trouble longer term. As you said, the current consoles have been around since 2005.
This gen consoles have been around since 2005 and they still beat the living shit out of games on the ipad - how do you think its going to compete when the next gen consoles are out next year or so? Hell, I don't even think that the ipad has any games that match PS2 games. The best game on ipad is final fantasy tactics and thats a fucking PS1 port.
Quote:the 55" TV is a big differentiator, because the iPad is much closer to your eyes, and has more resolution.
At a certain point higher resolution doesn't mean shit. The advantage of a 55 inch TV is that you can sit on your couch and watch a big screen, not hold a douchey tablet in your hand and stare at it.
Quote:Size of the game download doesn't matter as much as internet speeds get faster - you can leave the majority of the game on "the cloud". Anyway, the largest iPad has 64GB of flash storage. Original Xbox 360 had what, 20GB?
The cloud still has a long way to go, no one wants to game with a delay. Storage doesn't matter on the xbox 360 since you insert disks to play it.
Quote:This is going to be a big business use thing. Tablets are taking off in the workplace really fast. I agree for home use, wifi is fine most of the time.
Doubtful that it will be a game changer there, 99% of the time places businessmen would be with it have some sort of wifi access. If you are running around town and need to check your email its much better to pull out your phone. The one place 4g would be nice on a tablet is on a subway but thats a moot point since subways don't get cell reception. These things are in workplaces because executives realized they can scam a free toy from the company and execu-speak it into a pretend tool. If one of my employees ever tells me they need an ipad for work I will thank God I run a shop in a right to work state so I can fire them on the spot.
Quote:A lot of people seem to be saying the iPad 3 is incremental - don't really understand that. 4X the resolution, 4X the speed, 4G, etc...that seems like a bigger ugprade than iPad 2 was from iPad 1. I'm not really sure what Apple could have added that would have been considered non-incremental (maybe the haptic screen...). Siri was missing, but a software upgrade can easily change that.
Ipad 2 was an incremental upgrade as well. Unless you are offering something for the average person its just not that big a sell for people who already own them.
Resolution eventually quits being a selling point - I'm also skeptical of their often inflated performance claims.
Grieve Wrote:Diablo 3-like Infinity Blade: Dungeons teaser (not clear if this is playing on the Ipad 3 or 2, but still very impressive):
Too bad it is on a device with an atrocious input method for gaming.