Kalanaja
Dog Nation United PNG Associates
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Posted - 2013.01.06 18:29:00 -
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Doctor Ungabungas wrote:The biggest mistake people make when they buy a tablet is thinking that they are just buying another computer.
They keep the tablet for a few months and then either abandon or sell it because they aren't using it because it doesn't do things as well as their regular computer does and they don't do any computing in a place where their regular computer(s) aren't available.
Looking at the average schedule, people are: 1) At Home 2) Driving 3) At Work 4) Socialising
The only time (the average) people ever use a tablet is when waiting for one of the above things to happen where they don't have access to a regular PC. (And even then, only where their smart phone isn't sufficient.)
So yes, unless you have a specific reason to buy and use a tablet, they aren't going to revolutionise your life. People at home are going to use their more powerful desktop over their tablet. Microsoft and Apple certainly believe this is true which is why they are trying to integrate their desktop and mobile operating systems, so that the transition between mobile and desktop devices is seemless.
Where you will see more tablets is in the workforce, in places where computers have been infeasable before. Foremen on building sites, factory shift leaders and other 'in the field' supervisory roles go crazy for these things. I wonder how many of them are playing EVE.
So very, very true. OP, tablets and smart phones are all well and good for games. But, those are touch screen games. You're not going to find one for maybe another 30 years or more that is even capable of playing the games we have now. Yes, there was someone that was showing off he managed to get EVE to run on his little handheld tablet. But guess what?? He wasn't able to do much but warp from station to station and check buy/sell orders. You're not going to be able to really play much on it because it's touch screen. Also, screens that small are a pain. No one would want to see and squint their eyes on the dang thing to try to play. Even if they do bring 3D to most devices, it won't matter because most people will avoid it. The human eye gets strained when it has to focus on getting 3D to make sense for the brain to get it. People get headaches and sore faces in the eye area as it is from watching 3D movies with glasses.
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Kalanaja
Dog Nation United PNG Associates
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Posted - 2013.01.06 18:31:00 -
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Daisai wrote:Eve online has never really been a great succes in regards of subscriptions. The only reason why the game is still alive is because of the lack of competition, because name 1 mmo like eve online where there are hardly any rules andis a sandbox that has both an option for free to play and subscription based etc.
If eve online will lose the few subscriptions it has it will not because some people who know nothing about gaming claim pc gaming is dead.
Right now there are 2 games that i can think of which probably might be in the same genre as eve online. Star citizen and elite : dangerous, can be games that might end eve online its slow increase in subscriptions.
Neither of those games has a chance of killing EVE. One is designed to pretty much be a mostly single person sim, and the other is going to end up instanced mostly. No meta gaming or big giant fleet combat. Especially on the first one. |