News - Tablets not just eating up PC market

[HEXUS]

eReaders and gaming consoles are also getting hit, reveals recent studies.

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[miniyazz]

Well you'd be hard pushed to use your computer more after getting a tablet.. since you'll presumably use it for at least a bit of internetting. Something you'd presumably have done on your laptop/whatever if you didn't have one. That's some way off tablets replacing 'proper' PCs.

[cameronlite]

I don't understand how a tablet could be a games console replacement...

[amdavies]

Two words:-

Angry Birds

[Saracen]

I don't understand how a tablet could be a games console replacement...

It depends what kind of a gamer you are, and how much you use it. To be honest, I spend more gaming time on a PDA these days than I do on my Xbox360, but it's because I can pick it up, play it for a few minutes (or more), and stop, quickly and easily. I can use it when I'm laying in bed, sitting on a train, visiting the in-laws, or .... erm ..... roosting in the bathroom. Hell, I've even been known to play patience on the PDA laying in the bath.

At no time soon, if ever, if a tablet going to replace a console for intense, graphics-heavy games for serious gamers. It doesn't have the sheer grunt, and moreover, doesn't have the screen size or user interface. But that's not the only type of gaming, and it could well chip away at the console market, especially for those for whom the console is not just a games machine but a music or video interface to a Home Theatre or radio server, or a lounge connection to the net, etc. The tablet is a better, more convenient way of doing some of the things people use to justify buying a console. But it won't replace a console as a serious gaming device (IMHO) any time soon.