| Marks said: No they won't. Why would I want to play a shitty $2 with just touch controls on an 8 inch screen when I could play a great game like GTAV on a 50+ inch screen with a proper controller in 1080p? Tablets will not kill home consoles, and cell phones will not kill dedicated handheld consoles. As for the OP, it's too late at night so TL;DR...so I didn't see the reasoning for your prediction. |
Not to defend iPads however they do have an hdmi output. IMO shouldn't be to long before we get a dedicated "gaming controller " to go along with that hdmi output.
Pack to the op
Now what I would like to know is when has it been acceptable to produce a new device yearly, charge 600$ with no push back? I mean let's be honest ps3@600$ is crazy but it's been what 6 years now? Now with wii u about to release let's just say @399$ it can do virtually anything an iPad can do, plus give a deep rich library of games, all while receiving every iPad port because of the unique controller, at 200$ less. Not to mention what the other two console makers bring out. This is all based solely at the home. A few massive other hurdles apple needs to overcome would be yearly upgrades, system space even at 64 gigs that's horribly tiny for a device with no sd card slot. 700$ for 64 gig is ludicrous . I couldn't imagine a 256/512 model at 1500$
So to be honest no. Just not this generation. Next gen maybe, but they would need to make some serious changes. Changes I just don't see apple making. Sure iPad is a great device.for my family it's a great laptop replacement. However I do see the wii u changing that for me. Maybe to compete in the handheld sector, to bring on a vacation, just not as a dedicated console.
