You can program games on the iPad: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ It all depends on what you compare it to. To me, iPad and iPh

You can program games on the iPad: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ It all depends on what you compare it to. To me, iPad and iPhone are the new SNES and Game Boy (which I grew up with), and they are much more open. The biggest loss to me is the experience of playing socially on a split-screen.