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Could be worth it for $50. But I think in the next few years our own smartphones will be used as consoles. All you'll need is a controller, and for some games y
by nextparadigms 15y ago
Could be worth it for $50. But I think in the next few years our own smartphones will be used as consoles. All you'll need is a controller, and for some games you will only need the phone itself (mostly the accelerometer based, etc)
- ricardobeat 15y agoiPad2/iPhone4S + AirPlay already do that.
- nooneelse 15y agoI've tried playing some games with an iPad2 + Airplay. There was almost always a lag that made playing from (i.e. looking at) the television screen feel very off. Still it worked to let other people watch the game as I played it by looking at the iPad. Maybe your experience was different?
- ricardobeat 15y agoI haven't used AirPlay for games yet (waiting for the iPad 3). But from my experience with a PS3, HDMI and TV post-processing can add a lot of lag to the output. You'd thought a modern standard would've taken this into consideration...
- nooneelse 15y agoI've been playing GTAIII on my Transformer Prime using a wireless PlayStation DualShock3 controller for a week or so now. The Trans'Prime and the controller connected via Bluetooth just fine with no work from me. I could do the same with my Galaxy Nexus, though from what I can tell, it requires some messing about with root access and a "Sixaxis Controller" app. (I'm happy Asus spared me that minor annoyance with the Trans'Prime.) On his Youtube channel Christian Cantrell plays GTAIII on his Galaxy Nexus using a keyboard. Smartphones as game consoles need not be a few years off, they are already here for the geeks with a little spare time, they just haven't be polished up and made dirt simple for the masses.