I predict that the iPad will be an amazing gaming device

Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot wrong with the iPad, but nothing that's relevant to this forum. (actually i've never tried an iPad, so i'm speculating at this point). Touch screen gaming has developed into a force, first with the DS and now with the iPhone/iPod touch.

My wager is this: I think that touch gaming's biggest limitation is that it has been confined to a tiny screen. The iPod touch in particular. Moving your fingers across that screen is an extremely limited control method. It's the reason the games are only a couple ofsteps better than computer solitare.

With that big screen you could fit in a lot of gaming elements. I want to try an RTS game on the iPad. It wouldn't get as much precision as you would on PC, but it would destroy the console RTS gaming experience.

With apple backing this thing the iPad will be a success. Nothing breeds success like success. Devs will give this thing a shot, and it will be a fruitful relationship

as long as the games play to the strength of the system as opposed to trying to shoe horn in crappy ports with virtual controls.

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

as long as the games play to the strength of the system as opposed to trying to shoe horn in crappy ports with virtual controls.

doobie1975

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

blazer224

Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot wrong with the iPad, but nothing that's relevant to this forum. (actually i've never tried an iPad, so i'm speculating at this point). Touch screen gaming has developed into a force, first with the DS and now with the iPhone/iPod touch.

My wager is this: I think that touch gaming's biggest limitation is that it has been confined to a tiny screen. The iPod touch in particular. Moving your fingers across that screen is an extremely limited control method. It's the reason the games are only a couple ofsteps better than computer solitare.

With that big screen you could fit in a lot of gaming elements. I want to try an RTS game on the iPad. It wouldn't get as much precision as you would on PC, but it would destroy the console RTS gaming experience.

With apple backing this thing the iPad will be a success. Nothing breeds success like success. Devs will give this thing a shot, and it will be a fruitful relationship

GunSmith1_basic

[QUOTE="blazer224"]

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

doobie1975

Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot wrong with the iPad, but nothing that's relevant to this forum. (actually i've never tried an iPad, so i'm speculating at this point). Touch screen gaming has developed into a force, first with the DS and now with the iPhone/iPod touch.

My wager is this: I think that touch gaming's biggest limitation is that it has been confined to a tiny screen. The iPod touch in particular. Moving your fingers across that screen is an extremely limited control method. It's the reason the games are only a couple ofsteps better than computer solitare.

With that big screen you could fit in a lot of gaming elements. I want to try an RTS game on the iPad. It wouldn't get as much precision as you would on PC, but it would destroy the console RTS gaming experience.

With apple backing this thing the iPad will be a success. Nothing breeds success like success. Devs will give this thing a shot, and it will be a fruitful relationship

I hate Apple, but I'd rather have an iPad than my Wii.

[QUOTE="blazer224"]

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

doobie1975

'system'... not 'games'

Don't get me wrong, I think there's a lot wrong with the iPad, but nothing that's relevant to this forum. (actually i've never tried an iPad, so i'm speculating at this point). Touch screen gaming has developed into a force, first with the DS and now with the iPhone/iPod touch.

My wager is this: I think that touch gaming's biggest limitation is that it has been confined to a tiny screen. The iPod touch in particular. Moving your fingers across that screen is an extremely limited control method. It's the reason the games are only a couple ofsteps better than computer solitare.

With that big screen you could fit in a lot of gaming elements. I want to try an RTS game on the iPad. It wouldn't get as much precision as you would on PC, but it would destroy the console RTS gaming experience.

With apple backing this thing the iPad will be a success. Nothing breeds success like success. Devs will give this thing a shot, and it will be a fruitful relationship

GunSmith1_basic

[QUOTE="doobie1975"][QUOTE="blazer224"]

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

ogvampire

'system'... not 'games'

I predict that they're won't be enough quality games on it for it to matter.

The problem I have with iPad gaming is just how plain weak the hardware it is. You're paying twice as much as for 360 for a device with Playstation one level of graphics in higher res. It's like a device from a decade ago

[QUOTE="blazer224"]

as long as that system has no button, i cant really take it seriously as a "gaming" device.

doobie1975