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archer9234 on 04 June 2014
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Landguy said:
flint said:
Landguy said:
flint said:

Never totally, games need something more tactile than a touch screen and more real estate than 11 inches once you reach a certain level of depth. If, hell when tablets match console power however soon that may be, covering half the screen to press vauge buttons is gonna hide those lovely graphics. If a tablet ships with a controller and they push the fact it can plug into a TV then it's just a console anyway and you've gone full circle. Sitting infront of a fifty inch LED with a controller that fits firmly in your hand, or with your VR headset on ;p it's just a more fulfilling experience, plus that same box can stream Netflix and the like to your big screen, they just fill different slots.

Using "Airplay" you can watch whatever is on you tablet on your big screen TV.  Just add a Bluetooth controller and BAM!  you have the exact experience that you are talking about.  You don't have to be limited to the tablet controls or screen size.  This is a current capability on the ipads, not sure about other tablets.

I know all that, what i'm saying is that that is turning it essentially a console, as that is the only way to play deeper games on the device, espeically if they sell it as such. Having one single device seems like it would work on paper, but having more than one is well within most peoples budgets and can be fare more convinent. Are you a ipad fad or did you just not read thoughly?

That's the whole popint.  Why would you need to go buy a console if the tablet that you own already can do what a console does.  Why have another "special" device to just play games (console) if you already have a tablet that can do it?

Today, that isn't practical yet, as the tablets(whether its an ipad or Samsung or Surface) aren't there technically.  But in a few years, they will be close enough for MOST people.  That will be the point where consoles will meet their demise.  Sure, maybe 1 company or 2 will produce a console, but the whole console market will be 20-30 million buyers.  The rest will be the casuals that find the "close enough" is fine by them...

 

Another thing you need to think about. Since you want an all in one device. You won't be able to fully multi task anymore. If your tablet repalces your TV, PC, and game system. You won't be able to do a lot of those things at the same time. Then charging the device all the time will start getting tiresome. It's good in theory. Because you don't have to keep track of a lot of stuff. But in the long run, it could start getting redicluess.

And consoles can easily survive by a simple factor. Refusing to put their most wanted games on IOS or Android. Nintendo will keep selling handhelds just because they have Pokemon etc. Kids will always see ads for games. And will want them. Along with their IOS games. Regardless of tablets. There are people who will not switch over. Like there are people who still buy CD/DVD/BD because they want to own. If the market makes money to support itself. Whatever Netflix or Apple does won't matter. It's the same logic when People always call the Gamecube and Wii a failure. Yes they failed for the consumers wants in more features and modern tech. But both didn't fail making profit to keep Nintendo going. A thing really fails if both consumer image and profits are lost.