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Captain_Tom on 30 August 2014

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prayformojo on 30 August 2014
GamechaserBE said:
You just don't want that they close the gap, first of all 5-6 years ago people had problems with running games like Final Fantasy or Chrono trigger and those were NES/SNES games, today you have games that almost reach last gen quality and I would consider that closing gap. I also want to remind you it is not just the new phones/tablets that it works on, it even works on the Iphone 5 and that thing is around 2 years old.. Iphone 6 probably will get announced in less than two weeks and it could potentially play last gen games quality wise...


I would say they are light years behind in controls. I don't know HOW they're ever going to expect core gamers to swallow touching nothing but glass to control games. I mean, for flappy birds, sure, but a full on FPS? Good luck with that. lol



TheWPCTraveler on 30 August 2014

Tablets are already ahead. Well, almost.

Proof? Surface Pro 3. Of course, it's really a laptop in a tablet's body, but it's a tablet nonetheless.

As for why we get crap for graphics on games made for tablets, it's a simple matter of keeping development costs low.



 
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baloofarsan on 30 August 2014
prayformojo said:
GamechaserBE said:
You just don't want that they close the gap, first of all 5-6 years ago people had problems with running games like Final Fantasy or Chrono trigger and those were NES/SNES games, today you have games that almost reach last gen quality and I would consider that closing gap. I also want to remind you it is not just the new phones/tablets that it works on, it even works on the Iphone 5 and that thing is around 2 years old.. Iphone 6 probably will get announced in less than two weeks and it could potentially play last gen games quality wise...


I would say they are light years behind in controls. I don't know HOW they're ever going to expect core gamers to swallow touching nothing but glass to control games. I mean, for flappy birds, sure, but a full on FPS? Good luck with that. lol

Afraid you will lose an online FPS to a ten year old on a smartphone? It is bound to happen.



OdinHades on 30 August 2014

The Gap is closing every Day. But it really is a huge friggin Gap right now. Tabletts will reach current consoles eventually. In 10 years or something. The Next Gen should ne already out until then. Nevertheless its really Impressive what phones can do today. No need for downplaying that.



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NickK on 30 August 2014

iPad Air is very strong. And has better graphics.



Soundwave on 30 August 2014

The game supports the iPhone 5, so I suspect that's what's holding back performance.

iPhone 5s/iPad Air are basically like 2x more powerful, if it was built for the 5s/Air specifically it probably would be closer to the 360 version.



Lafiel on 30 August 2014
TheWPCTraveler said:

Tablets are already ahead. Well, almost.

Proof? Surface Pro 3. Of course, it's really a laptop in a tablet's body, but it's a tablet nonetheless.

As for why we get crap for graphics on games made for tablets, it's a simple matter of keeping development costs low.

the i7 is a strong CPU, but the Surface Pro 3 has no discrete GPU, that's why it's graphical processing capabilities are waay below current gen consoles

the HD5000 included in the CPU can't even compete with PS360 GPUs



Nettles on 30 August 2014

the gap is closing



Conina on 30 August 2014
Lafiel said:
TheWPCTraveler said:

Tablets are already ahead. Well, almost.

Proof? Surface Pro 3. Of course, it's really a laptop in a tablet's body, but it's a tablet nonetheless.

As for why we get crap for graphics on games made for tablets, it's a simple matter of keeping development costs low.

the i7 is a strong CPU, but the Surface Pro 3 has no discrete GPU, that's why it's graphical processing capabilities are waay below current gen consoles

the HD5000 included in the CPU can't even compete with PS360 GPUs

Even the Surface Pro 2 ran Skyrim in PS360-resolution (1280x720) with ~50 fps while the PS3 had problems to reach 30 fps:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fzfw_3SToME

And the Surface Pro 3 with i7 is probably a lot faster.

Sure, the new PS4 and XBO are way ahead for now, but they are probably the fastest console for the next 3 - 5 years while there is a constant progress on the tablet side with faster models every year.