Tablets are making a dent in the world of video games. While anyone with an Xbox 360 or PlayStation may believe that there is currently no point of comparison, it is not unlikely that they will use their mobile or tablet to play certain games under certain circumstances. Time magazine recently exposed a number of reasons why tablets they could end up substituting to consoles.
Matt Peckman, editor of the technology section of Time magazine, is very clear that tablets will eventually displace consoles as the benchmark device in the field of video games. Recently, he has published an article in which he makes an uncompromising defense of the iPad potential as a system for running games. Some of his reasons are likely to be refuted, however, what he raises makes sense and is something that many of us have wondered about.
The article points out, firstly, that iPad has enough technical power to act as a game console. Although the processor of the iPad is not, at the moment, comparable to that of the PlayStation, there are other aspects that play in its favor, for example, the resolution that it offers to its users is greater than that of any current console: 1920 x 1080 (in the best of cases) against 2048 x 1516 for native games. In addition, release cycles of tablets are much smaller and every year new models arrive with the most advanced technological components; on the contrary, the consoles have cycles of almost 10 years, which would suppose a much slower evolution. However, it should also be noted that screens in which game consoles are used are larger, making it difficult for them to achieve such degrees of resolution. Let's say that both media offer different gaming experiences.
On the other hand, the article refers to price Much less of the games for tablets, the vast majority of them do not reach € 10, while the novelties of PlayStation or Xbox do not fall below € 50. Tablets are more expensive, yes, but by buying three or four games for a video console we would have practically leveled the expense. Also, tablets not only used to play, although it could also be said that as their cycles are shorter, there are doubts about the profitability of one system compared to the other.
To conclude, Matt Peckman's approach to Time magazine has interesting points and it is certain that tablets will be used more and more for gaming. Companies will continue to develop games for the different increasingly complex and advanced mobile media that will provide moments of good enjoyment. In addition, they will try to fully exploit the social component of them, a question that will make them gain followers. But, at the moment it is difficult to foresee that they can completely replace video consoles since both offer very different game modes and completely Compatible.
References:
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