With smartphone and
tablet gaming becoming so dominant in the world of casual gaming is there still room for a dedicated handheld gaming console?
Not exact matches
When
gaming first
became popular on smartphones and
tablets, Hasbro and other toy makers struggled to figure out how face - to - face
gaming could compete.
Over the past few years, smartphones and
tablets have arisen to
become mobile
gaming powerhouses, leading observers to speculate on whether the death of portable systems such as the Vita is nigh.
Mobile
gaming has
become more mainstreamed with smartphones and
tablets.
Quad - core chips could also help
tablets like the Transformer Prime
become better
gaming platforms.
«While multi-touch screens have
become the de facto user interface for
tablets, they are not the right interface for serious PC
gaming.
eReaders are getting powerful enough to
become fully - fledged Internet
tablets, but
gaming devices?
The phone is part of that,
tablets are
becoming more a part of that just like PCs, televisions,
gaming platforms.»
And games as a result have had explosive growth on
tablets... Within that context, console
gaming becomes a smaller portion and so it's very easy for the analysts to question if consoles have a role.
Gaming as an industry has been expanding outward for a long time and increasingly, the «Gamer» is becoming a less relevant part of the overall gaming pie as more dollars are spent on free - to - play games for mobile / tablet, PC and now console
Gaming as an industry has been expanding outward for a long time and increasingly, the «Gamer» is
becoming a less relevant part of the overall
gaming pie as more dollars are spent on free - to - play games for mobile / tablet, PC and now console
gaming pie as more dollars are spent on free - to - play games for mobile /
tablet, PC and now consoles too.
The
gaming world is changing:
tablets are being used more and more for
gaming, consoles are developing more functions than just
gaming, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) is trying to combine the home console and travel console, and more games are
becoming available for download.
It is quite likely that the
tablet will
become one of the major
gaming consoles.
I don't know whether it will eventually wither away, like motion controls did, or whether it will
become an enormous new
gaming environment like smartphones and
tablets.
And the
tablet has
become an incredibly appealing
gaming platform for kids around the world.
In addition to trying to sway gamers who have
become bored with the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita, it's going after the broader smartphone and
tablet gaming market, too.
Phones and
tablets may not be quite up to par with PCs, Xboxes, and PlayStations when it comes to
gaming, but high quality games you can sink your teeth into are
becoming more common on mobile platforms.
Nonetheless, can
gaming PCs take off their displays to
become a
tablet?
Namely the Tegra K1 processor which allows this to render graphics like few other Android
tablets out there, it can also output to a TV and
become an impromptu
gaming console and even stream games from your
gaming PC to boot.
The Chuwi Hi9, which is marketed as an Android
gaming tablet, is the company's first step towards
becoming a
gaming hardware manufacturer, despite the spec sheet that's not necessarily breathtaking at first glance.