Apple Ipad Pro Gamer \ Samsung Galaxy Tab Gamer \ Microsoft Surface Pro Gamer

[DietDrThunder]

Does anyone else wish that the big 3 would come out with a Gamer Edition? One with their latest chipset but with more RAM and a more powerful GPU. I don't mind if the tablet's battery life drops to around 4 hours instead of 10 because I rarely play longer than 3 hours a night anyway. Then maybe game developers would make some of my other favorites like Overwatch, the Battlefield series or the Forza series for the tablets. I've got a gaming rig, but I find that I like gaming (particularly playing World of Tanks) on a tablet while sitting next to my wife while she watches a TV show. So I pretty much now only turn on my gaming rig about once a week. My wife and I can talk while she watches her show and I game, instead of me off in a room by myself, ignoring my wife.

 

[Red Storm]

LiquidSky will let you play PC games via the cloud on just about any device. Launches in about a week, and imho is the future of gaming, which will be device agnostic.

I personally can't wait, it will be the final nail in the coffin for Windows machines in my house.

 

[quikah]

Best option is some sort of streaming system. I have read that overwatch is playable on low settings with Surface Pro 4. I don't see being able to have any real PC game running in tablet form factor any time soon.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I actually thought that it would have made sense for Microsoft to make an Xbox tablet a few years ago, that would have been like a Nintendo Switch (with controllers like the Switch that clip onto the ends, so you could use it as a normal tablet or phone or whatever, but then when you wanted to game just pop out two svelte controllers). And honestly, I wish Nintendo would work a deal with Apple and make that jump (so the Switch would've been just the controllers and pair with iPhones/iPads, and then they'd have worked with Apple to come up with a better gaming focused platform).

For you though, OP, there's plenty of options. You could stream it, get a portable system (not sure if there's any hacks to stream to say a Vita), or get a console (Shield included), or move your gaming setup in there.

 

[Raduque]

Steam in-home streaming works great on the lower spec Surfaces.

 

[Commodus]

The issue is that you're basically asking for a gaming PC in tablet form. It's one thing to have a reasonably quick ARM processor with a mobile GPU; it's another to cram in a GTX 1050 into something as portable as an iPad or Surface Pro.

You're better off getting a tablet that can remote stream from a desktop than to hope for a faster tablet, at least right now. Either that or be happy with mobile games... in which case, snag an iPad.

 

[sweenish]

LiquidSky will let you play PC games via the cloud on just about any device. Launches in about a week, and imho is the future of gaming, which will be device agnostic.

I personally can't wait, it will be the final nail in the coffin for Windows machines in my house.

How is this going to be any different than previously failed attempts at this service?

 

[Red Storm]

How is this going to be any different than previously failed attempts at this service?

The only previously failed attempt I can think of is OnLive, who I think were a little bit ahead of their time. People have been participating in the beta for LiquidSky and claim it does work good. I wasn't able to get into the beta but I am eager to try the free option when they launch. You can checkout YouTube videos of people playing GTA5 on their Android phones.

 

[sweenish]

I suppose the other service I was thinking of didn't fail, Sony bought them up and turned it into Playstation Now or something like that. I have no idea how that's doing.

I was super excited for OnLive, but these days I'm very meh about the whole idea. Do you still have to buy the games? That was probably the biggest part of OnLive that made sure it didn't last very long.

 

[Red Storm]

I suppose the other service I was thinking of didn't fail, Sony bought them up and turned it into Playstation Now or something like that. I have no idea how that's doing.

I was super excited for OnLive, but these days I'm very meh about the whole idea. Do you still have to buy the games? That was probably the biggest part of OnLive that made sure it didn't last very long.

The games are your own games. They basically are giving you a computer in the cloud, so you can install steam on it and download your games to it, or download mods and play modded games. OnLive didn't have any of that, which is big for PC gamers.

 

[sweenish]

That's interesting.

I suppose there is a crowd for whom that would be okay. The rest that cared enough would probably just do it themselves without paying someone all that money. Steam Links and nVidia Shields and Raspberry Pi's are all able to stream your games from your desktop. I would have to think that if the market showed enough interest, all nVidia would have to do is release a mobile app.

 

[Red Storm]

That's interesting.

I suppose there is a crowd for whom that would be okay. The rest that cared enough would probably just do it themselves without paying someone all that money. Steam Links and nVidia Shields and Raspberry Pi's are all able to stream your games from your desktop. I would have to think that if the market showed enough interest, all nVidia would have to do is release a mobile app.

I think it's more for people who don't have a gaming desktop (like me right now). Even if you go with their $10/month plan, that's still cheaper than building and maintaining a gaming desktop. Unfortunately it seems like this is the only way to get "real" games on mobile devices.

 

[sweenish]

Another thing, a person could probably do this themselves with an amazon EC2 instance. I think this company would then win on price by leveraging the law of averages to retain more customers than they have active instances.

Interesting concept. I'll be very curious to hear your thoughts on it when it launches.