It may feel like everywhere you look a baby is playing on an iPad (or is that just my me?), but the truth is that kids are still far more likely to have a Nintendo 3DS or a PlayStation Vita.
According to a study by market-research company The NPD Group, children ages 4 to 14 still spend most of their consumer-electronics time with dedicated gaming machines. Media tablets, however, experienced the highest rate of growth from 2011 to 2012, with a 13 percent boost this year compared to 3 percent in the previous period.
Retro gaming console emulator apps are now welcome on the Apple App Store and can even offer downloadable games.
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.
Babies having babies who are playing on iPads. I tell you. Honey boo boo child save us all!
It's only a matter of time. I sat with my kids playing a WoW clone on an iPad 3, an iPhone 4 and an older iPad 1 this weekend and we had a blast. Also? Those devices do more than play games. WIN.
I'll stick with my laptop that has more RAM than many tablets have hard drive space.
The new Ipad would need about 4 times more Ram to run my audio software smoothly.
Try running your favorite game on max settings on a "tablet", yeah....
They are fun, but should not be considered replacements for much more powerful machines or handhelds which have different things to offer.
Also, 3DS and Vita provide portable games/experiences you cant get anywhere else.
I laugh at you fake touch gamers.
maybe its the traditional gamer in me but tablet/smartphone games are download- play- delete all in a 30 min time frame for me.