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[OldJadedGamer]

Have you heard of something called a Chromebook?

Nope. How much has it sold?

Edit: Just looked it up and can't find the tablet version.

 

[The Elite]

~370 million PCs were sold in 2011. Xbox 360, as the best selling home console, did 14.9 million.

Again, the relevant comparison would be game software revenue.

I completely agree with this. That's where the iPad is having the biggest impact on the industry.

The hardware exists in a completely different category from the Xbox 360/PS3/Vita/3DS/Wii IMO. iPad is seen as a very different device and has mass market appeal despite providing a lot of similar functions, while the platforms I listed above are viewed primarily as gaming consoles.

The software numbers are what will shape gaming in the next five to ten years.

 

[richiek]

A few questions for the Ipad 3 owners:

-How bad the the heating? I heard it gets very hot when you run lots of games, what about general use?
-Does the charging really take a lot longer?
-Is it really a lot more heavy than the Ipad2?

-Under heavy usage, I notice one side of the iPad get warm (probably around the battery), but nothing too bad.

-Charging does take alot longer than the 2. I had almost depleted the battery when I charged it overnight. When I woke up, it was still not at 100%.

-It's heaver than the 2, but again not that bad.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

Nope. How much has it sold?

Edit: Just looked it up and can't find the tablet version.

So, uuuuh, what does that have to do with anything?

 

[Koroviev]

I completely agree with this. That's where the iPad is having the biggest impact on the industry.

The hardware exists in a completely different category from the Xbox 360/PS3/Vita/3DS/Wii IMO. iPad is seen as a very different device and has mass market appeal despite providing a lot of similar functions while the platforms I listed above are viewed as primarily gaming consoles.

The software numbers are what will shape gaming in the next five to ten years.

This is very true. My grandma is looking to get the new iPad and all of her friends already have one. They're not using them as gaming devices.

 

[The Elite]

Ultimately I think Penny Arcade and other outlets are doing a disservice when they simply dump the iPad hardware in the same category as Vita and 3DS. Is iPad taking away market share? Absolutely! Yet, comparing an iPad's hardware sales numbers-for-numbers against the Sony and Nintendo gaming handhelds isn't painting a complete picture. iPads aren't being sold simply on their merit as a gaming device, they are being sold to a wide range of people for various different applications.

I know I sound like a broken record but I get tired of all the doom and gloom for the Vita and 3DS. It seems a lot of people on the Internet believe that it has to be one way or the other instead of realizing that as the market evolves Nintendo and Sony will need to learn how to adapt in their particular gaming handheld space to deal with the juggernaut that is the iPad multimedia device. A device which has not only eaten up a chunk of the gaming industry but the portable computer industry as well.

 

[Brofist]

Are games the main reason why people buy PCs? If so, then yes, if not than no. Yes, I do game on my PC, it's why I built it, but there are PCs out there that are new, and can't handle games. Those tend to be the PCs that the lay man buys.

So a PC is only a gaming platform if it can run Crysis?