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CNET thinks the iPad air is good for gamers?!?! WHAAAA?

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Hey guys, I saw the new information about the iPad Air 2 so I decided to check out what they had to say.

Their article is here:

My concerns come from a statement they make about gamers:

"According to Apple, the new chip has a second-generation 64-bit architecture, houses 3 billion transistors and compared to the iPhone 6's A8 chip, has a 40 percent fast CPU and its GPU is 2.5 times faster. As a gamer finding himself gaming more and more on a tablet, those details excite me the most."

and they later on say

"The A8X chip is by far the most exciting upgrade, but will likely only lead to better graphics in games and faster overall performance."

Do you think tablet games qualify a "gamer". Now all of us enjoy tablet and smartphone games, but do you as a gamer find yourself "gaming more and more on a tablet"? Do we even consider these small app-games in the class of gamer's games such as Battlefield, COD, or even Total War or Civilization?

Tell me what you think in the forum below. Does a tablet game make a "gamer"?

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I stopped listening to Cnet when they said that Beats headphones sounded good and natural. The only reason I still accept there existence is the off chance I may work there.

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It's better for TABLET games.

 

Clearly, a console/PC gamer won't benefit much.

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no matter what you play games constantly on it makes you a gamer. Might not be as much as gamer, gaming just on a tablet but still a gamer

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wait, people on LTT read cnet? and takes it seriously?

 

WAHHHH

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I don't even CNET.

if you have to insist you think for yourself, i'm not going to believe you.

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Xperia tablets will feature the awesome ps 4 remote streaming,apple can't even think of touching that. And then there is the nvidia shield.. Do I even need to continue..

CNET you failed

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Note: it was just a bing news link

Bing news? Ok, I'm done! OUT! FIN! 

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I don't even CNET.

 

Friends don't let friends CNET.

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For people that like to play tablet games (like Asphalt 8: Airborne), sure. An iPad would be pretty good. It has a lot of good games.

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Bing news? Ok, I'm done! OUT! FIN! 

Fuck Bing. Google towers them all.

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For people that like to play tablet games (like Asphalt 8: Airborne), sure. An iPad would be pretty good. It has a lot of good games.

Also Modern Combat, Shadow Gun, Nova, and a ton more. Games are games and those who play games are gamers. Nuff said...

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The new iPad air probably is the best tablet gaming experience.   But as usual the Cnet statement is misleading.  

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I don't see what was wrong with that statement. 

 

I got FTL, Hearthstone, XCOM, and Kingdom Rush Fronteirs on my iPad. There are good games on iPad, amazing games. It's not all Clash of Clans and Candy Crush (just saying their name makes me cringe). Doesn't mean I game on it mainly, but I do spend a lot more time gaming on the iPad than I have ever before. Also,

 

Gamer or not Gamer I don't really care. For me those who love games passionately and always supporting of good practices in gaming is a true gamer.

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You are a gamer if you consider yourself one. Gaming on a tablet isn't any different than gaming on a pc or console... The only thing between the different platforms are the fidelity of the games... Which comes both I graphics and features... But at the end of the day, a game is a game and if you play enough to consider yourself a gamer... You are probably a gamer.

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