With Amazon’s entry into the burgeoning tablet market today with Jeff Bezo’s introduction of the new Kindle Fire, Apple’s iPad might finally have some competition. While based on Google’s Android mobile and tablet operating system, Amazon’s Kindle Fire differentiates itself from it’s Android tablet brethren on four competitively unique features, 1) it will be sold thru the biggest e-commerce storefront in the world which has already had huge success with its Kindle e-book reader; 2) it will leverage Amazon’s massive content library and licenses in books, movies and music that is bigger than even Apple’s iTunes; 3) it will leverage Amazon’s massive cloud ecosystem delivering new and interesting services; and 4) and perhaps the biggest differentiator, it will sell for $199 which is $300 cheaper than the cheapest Apple iPad 2. Keep in mind, the HP TouchPad, while a flop at $499, sold out in less than 24 hours when its price dropped to $99-149, even with the prospect that the WebOS it runs on would not be supported moving forward and there were very few apps for it. But what will the Kindle Fire do for gaming?
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
Yep most probably
Definitely infact
It’s just since apple got official dualsense support a while ago, (ios 14.5, it was 2 years ago now) I thought it useful to post here
The beaten quite a few prolific companies the past like universal so it's not unwinable
From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
Epic Games winning its cases against both Apple and Google is shaping the way forward for the future of mobile gaming.
I feel alot of mobile gamers are kids which will at some point probably turn to console or pc. Mobile gaming just doesn't cut it for me.
tru dat, but i feel like it's gonna be a lot more viable for people who travel a lot or don't want to invest in a full gaming rig. Think of it as a Switch on drugs, with a LOT more room for free illegal downloads.
You must be out of your mind to buy an iPad for a gaming device.
apple ipad as a gaming device ? who the heck would buy an ipad as a gaming device ? lmao, this guys is talking nonsense , i have an ipad 2 and the last thing i would do is to game on it , controls are really terrible and the games arent that good either , i bought my ipad 2 for other things not gaming , vita on the other hand will buy it as my portable gaming machine , cant wait !!!!!
The kindle fire isn't even competing against ipad or even the vita. Look at the specs, people. The only thing it got competitive is the price. Also the kindle fire is primarily for ebook reading not gaming. So if you're going to waste on a kindle fire as a gaming device, don't save your money for a gaming console or handheld.
Why another of these "mobile gaming" articles that makes far-reaching assumptions?
Smartphones and tablets don't compete with dedicated gaming devices. They don't. Sorry, I don't care how much you like Android or Apple, but they're not competition for- nor are they in competition with- systems like the Vita and 3DS.
The Kindle, to the best of my knowledge, is an e-reader, which means its functions are more limited than a tablet. Even if it has expanded functionality that makes it more like an iPad, its primary function places it in a different market.
That, and Apple fans are as bad as any console fans.