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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Will the ipad mini sell more than all consoles combined this holiday? Maybe we all should just accept Apple is future!

famousringo on 07 November 2012
JWeinCom said:
spurgeonryan said:

According to facts, the ipad mini has already pushed out a million units. Nothing can keep up with that. If it outsells all of the consoles this holiday what does that mean? ios games are already getting game of the year and game of the month from reviewers. Maybe Apple is the future of gaming after all?


PCs have been outselling consoles since pretty much forever.  Nothing can keep up with that.  If PCs outsell all of the consoles this holiday what does that mean?  PC games are already getting game of the year and game of the month from reviewers.  Maybe PC is the future of gaming after all?


The PC market is in decline, and will remain in decline until such time that analysts decide tablets actually are PCs after all. Shouldn't take long, now that Microsoft's in the game.



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Gamerace on 07 November 2012

For now it means little. As tablet/mini/note/smartphone gaming is not directly compariable to console gaming.

However, studies show 65% of tablet use is games, and 33% of smartphones.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-29-tablets-used-mostly-for-gaming

Tablets are PRIMARILY gaming machines and their games are becoming ever more advanced.

Currently it's mostly appealing to casuals, so this is Nintendo's bread and butter and Nintendo is fighting back with WiiU. Personally, I don't feel that approach is going to go over too well but hopefully I'm wrong.

For MS/Sony they have Halo 4, CoD:BO2, AC3 (yes WiiU too) and such which will retain their base despite whatever is playing on iOS/Android.

However as ever more powerful tablets and devices like Ouya, Wikipad and others come onto the market, this will begin to change and Apple/Android will be the primary competition MS/Sony & Nintendo's next gen consoles must all overcome if they hope to remain relevant.