New gaming tablet

As far as I can gather it will just play games already available on Android, my phone can do that, my phone cannot play the MGS HD Collection, mavity Rush, Wipeout, Uncharted or any of the other Vita titles though...
 
I was about to say tablet gaming will never appeal to me due to lack of physical buttons... then I saw the picture and that topped me in my tracks. It might not play Vita style games but its a good solid investment for gamers who don't want to pay 30 pounds a game. I hope it gets some support from developers.
 
It will need to have games specially designed for it, otherwise they're just going to be taking games from the Google Play Store which were designed to be best used on touch screens and forcing people to use the analogue sticks and buttons instead. There are about a handful of games that I could think would benefit from analogue sticks and buttons and they are console games ported to Android in the first place. I just think it's very strange and there isn't really a place for it. If people want Android gaming on a bigger screen then they'll get a tablet, if people want buttons then they'll probably get a 3DS or just game on a home console.

I've never sat there and wondered how much better Angry Birds would be if it only made use of analogue sticks and buttons for example, and if I wanted to play GTA on the move I'd just play Chinatown Wars or one of Liberty City or Vice City Stories. Plus even though the likes of Max Payne and GTA III are awkward to control on touchscreen devices they are still just about playable for the length of a bus/train journey.
 
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It's the price of games that is off putting for me on a traditional handheld.

This thing entices me due to the fact we might see cheaper games and games that are only going to improve I'm hoping.

I worry about those nubs though :P
 
Streeteh said:
Certainly a good emulator box i guess!
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Or you could just get a Tegra 3 tablet and use 'Sixaxiscontroller' to play them with a PS3 controller :p. My Transformer Prime is great for Pre-PS2 gaming. There's a Dreamcast Emulator coming soon too that had Shenmue running at 102% speed on a Galaxy S2 :).
 
Moothead2 said:
Or you could just get a Tegra 3 tablet and use 'Sixaxiscontroller' to play them with a PS3 controller :p. My Transformer Prime is great for Pre-PS2 gaming. There's a Dreamcast Emulator coming soon too that had Shenmue running at 102% speed on a Galaxy S2 :).
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The big difference being that you have to rest the tablet/phone somewhere so you can hold the controller, with this it IS the controller so it's more convenient.

Unless we're talking about in the home, then yes, even a phone thats S2 or better will do the job just fine via HDMI-out. But I would then argue that a HTPC is more efficient for in the home use :p
 
Streeteh said:
The big difference being that you have to rest the tablet/phone somewhere so you can hold the controller, with this it IS the controller so it's more convenient.

Unless we're talking about in the home, then yes, even a phone thats S2 or better will do the job just fine via HDMI-out. But I would then argue that a HTPC is more efficient for in the home use :p
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If that's your argument then the PSP is probably a better option for £30 :p.
 
Moothead2 said:
Or you could just get a Tegra 3 tablet and use 'Sixaxiscontroller' to play them with a PS3 controller :p. My Transformer Prime is great for Pre-PS2 gaming. There's a Dreamcast Emulator coming soon too that had Shenmue running at 102% speed on a Galaxy S2 :).
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Hardly convient for on the go gaming?

And if its to use in your house, then you would surely just use a PC with a bigger screen?
 
It was released today, £129.

I'm buying it mainly as a N64, SNES, and Megadrive emulator so technically its got tens of thousands of games. At 1.6Ghz it should be powerful enough for PSP emulation. :)

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Brenn47 said:
It was released today, £129.

I'm buying it mainly as a N64, SNES, and Megadrive emulator so technically its got tens of thousands of games. At 1.6Ghz it should be powerful enough for PSP emulation. :)

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they have targeted emulation blatently

it does however look hideous. but oh... the gaming potential
know what.. I'm tempted
 
Hideous .... I think it looks awesome.

I can see it being huge in the retro gaming scene, and you get a fully functioning Android 4.1 tablet to boot. :)

Mines coming on the 19th, can't bloody wait to fire up MAME R-Type. :)

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This thing is getting me excited! Can anyone answer:-

Are all games downloaded through the Play store? If so is this all through wi-fi or do I need something else?

You say this will be great for MAME, N64 and SNES etc. Are these the same emulators that are available on Android already? I use an iPhone so I'm out of the loop here.
 
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