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
I predict it wont be a success with the gamers. Gamers like graphics, storylines, controls, physical discs, all that great stuff that comes with owning a console. The Ipad has none of that. However, for the people that like to drink the proverbial Apple koolaid.... it may be a decent gaming device. But it will never appeal to the crowd that posts on the forums at GS.
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