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WoW On an iPad Via Gaikai

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-doesn't-even-look-like-english dept.

Gametap writes "If cloud gaming works for enough genres, it can't help but find popularity. Even just a game like WoW might be enough to make it happen, and Gaikai's Dave Perry posted a picture of doing just that on an iPad. So is it the future or not? Could somebody make a tablet with nothing more than a screen, battery, network port, and video decoder, and have it be a good gaming platform? Will it change the mobile, PC, console, and TV world as we know it? Lots of questions, lots of skepticism, lots of players and money being invested — but one thing is for sure: it will be very interesting to see how this evolves."

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  1. Input by Barny · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is ever the problem with such systems, the only two mmog I have ever been able to play reasonably well with just touch pad is EVE-Online and City of Heroes/Villains (and that in a limited capacity, requiring a lot of macros).

    Without commenting on the whole "which MMOG is bigger/better" thing, I would hazard to guess that for this to work, the games would HAVE to be built for it.

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    1. Re:Input by Jurily · · Score: 3, Funny

      Doesn't work for a game like WoW

      Some people have ideas though.

  2. Gaming platform by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could somebody make a tablet with nothing more than a screen, battery, network port, and video decoder, and have it be a good gaming platform?

    It depends on your definition of "Good gaming platform".

    From the top of my head, I could certainly play Go, Civ, Galciv, BB, and just about anything that's turn based.

    I wouldn't try playing anything with direct action, to avoid the frustration of high ping and lag spikes.

  3. Tablet PC's can already do this? by Ziekheid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't any Tablet PC with a Windows OS installed on it just run WoW for years already? Am I missing something here?

    1. Re:Tablet PC's can already do this? by Ziekheid · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Oh and also, since this seems to be about streamed gaming, wouldn't any Tablet PC.. what am I saying.. any device with a compatible browser be able to do so?

  4. hardly a surprise by Cederic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I had WoW playable on my T-Mobile G1 (an Android phone) via VNC over a year ago. With the added bonus of a hardware keyboard for text input..

    That a more modern device with a better processor and bigger screen can also do something like this isn't a surprise at all.

    For me the form factor of the iPad precludes its use for serious online interactive gaming. It's a sleek elegant device with diabolical gaming inputs. Why bother?

    Now, getting WoW to run natively on my n900.. that's a fun and worthy achievement. It still wont be a viable replacement for a 1920x1200 screen with full sized keyboard attached.

  5. THIS IS ASTONISHING! by Rogerborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    But surely the title should be: Fully Featured MacOS Computer Runs Game That Already Runs on MacOS Computers

    No, wait, I have a better one: Expensive Fully Featured MacOS Computer Runs Game That Already Runs on Any Cheap-Ass Commodity Windows Computer

    A little verbose, but I think accuracy is important in journalism.

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  6. Re:PC-only MMO? by CubicleView · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The whole I'm a PC I'm a Mac thing is BS. My understanding of the term PC is Personal Computer. That definition should be OS agnostic.