Sentences with phrase «as a gaming platform»

I mainly use PC as my gaming platform of choice, primarily enjoying the genres of RPG, action - adventure, FPS, and strategy games (Including Grand Strategy!).

If you had any doubts as to the viability of Apple's iPhone as a gaming platform, Sega has some numbers that might help change your mind.

The Xbox as a gaming platform certainly isn't dying and is in no danger of going anywhere in the foreseeable future.

Tablets being marketed as gaming platforms are seeing a surge in popularity at the moment, yet the Archos Gamepad 2 is somewhat unique in that it whacks on a set of physical controls to compliment the standard touch - screen navigation.

I have an Xbox, a 3DS, a Vita, and a Mac as gaming platforms.

When you think about the meteoric rise of iOS as a gaming platform over the past couple of years, there are a handful of crucial developers that deserve much of the credit.

NVIDIA has been the number one choice as a gaming platform for other eSports tournaments such as; League of Legends and StarCraft II.

Jeffries analyst Peter Misek said an analysis of Apple's patents suggests its iTV product will likely be interoperable with mobile devices, while also functioning as a gaming platform.

If you're willing to put in a little effort to sort the wheat from the chaff, mobile devices can be incredibly rewarding as gaming platforms.

Billed as a gaming platform, where distinct games could be played and the different characters from those games could then interact in a special infinitely customizable mode, it was a huge new venture for Disney Interactive.

The iPhone platform had already gained substantial momentum as a gaming platform; the iPad took advantage of that and in time its bigger screen, multitouch features, and motion sensors made it a welcome platform for games that were sophisticated, immersive, and impressive.

He realizes thus far that this approach has been the most successful for the PS3, stating, ``... by refocusing the positioning of PS3 first and foremost as a gaming platform, we were able to bring an attractive title lineup and achieve a sufficient number of PS3 sales as expected in the fiscal year 2007 holiday season.»

«A lot of gamers still don't take the iPhone seriously as a gaming platform, and the introduction of a behemoth brand like PlayStation could help change those minds.»

This led to developers debating if PC had a viable future as a gaming platform, so it was easy to see why developers were more enthusiastic about developing for consoles at the time, as it meant a higher return on investment.

Affordability and instant access is a factor in the iPhone's success as a gaming platform, too.

When the smartphone started its inexorable rise as a gaming platform, thanks mostly to the launch of the iPhone in 2007, business pundits were leaping over each other to declare the imminent death of the specialist games console.

With Minecraft's entry, Apple TV can finally burnish its credential as a gaming platform.

Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the Wii U, Nintendo can at least draw consolation from the success (little remarked upon) of the 3DS handheld — achieved despite dire predictions at its launch that handheld games consoles would no longer be able to cope with the rise of mobile phones as gaming platforms: «Some indie developers have told us that when they offer the same software on iOS and Android, and in the eShop on Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS eShop version sells most.

«The iPod touch is viewed as a second computer for kids eight to 10, especially as a gaming platform,» Youngwood said.

Not to belabor the point, but this machine just plain sucks as a gaming platform.

There's already speculation that the voting system will be tied into Facebook Credits, the virtual currency system that has mushroomed on the social network as a gaming platform.

«In effect, they help validate Android as a gaming platform, but Nvidia is better positioned to benefit from that validation.»

Scorpio is potentially a more complex product for Microsoft than the PS4 Pro is for Sony, given how Microsoft wants to leverage Xbox and Scorpio to promote UWP as a gaming platform.

Compared to the past, the iOS as a gaming platform as evolved a lot.

Zynga made its name by being one of the first to capitalize on Facebook as a gaming platform, and now the company is hoping to do the same for messenger apps.

PC Gamer writes: «Tom Chilton, lead developer on life - altering MMO, World of Warcraft, has been speaking to us about the recent dip in World of Warcraft's playerbase and the value of PC as a gaming platform.

Xbox gamers get further assurance that MS is standing behind Xbox as a gaming platform.

Tablets being marketed as gaming platforms are seeing a surge in popularity at the moment, yet the Archos Gamepad 2 is somewhat unique in that it whacks on a set of physical controls to compliment...

Despite Ubisoft's recent embracing of the Mac as a gaming platform, we've yet to see a return of the ubiquitous Assassin's Creed series to the Mac (the last one, Brotherhood, won't run on anything newer than OS 10.6.3).

Additionally, Viber has introduced a great sticker market and has tremendous potential as a gaming platform.

Bioware, developers of Mass Effect and the Baldur's Gate games, is reportedly looking closely at the iPhone as a gaming platform.

As a gaming platform, Kinect couldn't live up to the hype, but as tech news site The Verge said, Kinect's technology was certainly important.

Usage of the two as dedicated e-readers or as gaming platforms can have very different results.

With PC gaming representing a mere 14 % of games in 2007, and recent talks about the end of the PC as a gaming platform, EA is seemingly doing its part now to solidify PCs death with the removal of the Madden 09 PC version.

Roberts listed various advantages of the PC as a gaming platform, including open standards and access to the latest technology.

But that doesn't necessarily mean the service will take off as a gaming platform.

As a gaming platform, Firefox works differently than Chrome, which has offered games such as «Bastion» and «Angry Birds» through its Chrome Web Store for a few years now.