AMD entering the tablet and gaming business

Robbo9999

2013-11-17 09:24

I don't really get this thing! It looks cumbersome, ugly, and not very transportable. If I was going to lug all that gear around I'd rather have a gaming laptop to lug around, which would then have more productivity uses, and almost definitely greater gaming performance too. I suppose price could be the only competing factor, but I'm not sure there's much of a gap in the market for something like this: there's already gaming on mobile phones & tablets, and then you've got the gaming laptops like I mentioned.

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Ch0plol

2013-11-17 11:07

This actually looks somewhat decent for a sit down and play gaming tablet. All the other gaming tablets look super awkward.

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Undying

2013-11-17 12:02

Just get a gaming laptop if you are mobile gamer not this forsaken thing.

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lucidus

2013-11-17 12:20

Junk.

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Loobyluggs

2013-11-17 21:19

Not sure about this. I guess it's for people who just want a tablet with a better control system for gaming. Use like a normal tablet and when you want to game, dock it up and you're good to go. Not going to replace anything or really add anything, and will fall into the 'a nice option for some people who are interested' instead of the 'must have and will replace other gaming platforms' option. There must be a market for this, or they wouldn't have gone to this much effort to create a proof of concept.

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Rich_Guy

2013-11-18 00:01

Its got a black screen 😀

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Dch48

2013-11-18 00:36

[Quote]When pressed about how Project Discovery might impact AMD's OEM partners, the spokesperson clarified that "AMD does not plan to enter the market with a branded tablet and peripherals at this time." It seems like they want others to actually make the things.

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IcE

2013-11-18 00:36

Don't know why you guys are being so negative, I'm sure all those accessories can come off if you just want to use the tablet regularly. The real problem with this is the fact that most games are optimized for touch.

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sykozis

2013-11-18 00:59

Don't know why you guys are being so negative, I'm sure all those accessories can come off if you just want to use the tablet regularly. The real problem with this is the fact that most games are optimized for touch.

I doubt they looked at the images. The tablet is shown on 2 completely different docks as well as without the docks.

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Lowki

2013-11-18 01:22

First complete hardware system with amd branding?

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Robbo9999

2013-11-18 09:31

I doubt they looked at the images. The tablet is shown on 2 completely different docks as well as without the docks.

Yep, I did look at all the images & knew that it could be a 'regular' tablet as well as a docked tablet. I still don't get the point of this gaming tablet though, I think most people who were serious about gaming who might want to go to the trouble of buying a specifically marketed gaming tablet would probably just buy a gaming laptop instead (better performance, more versatile in various uses), unless price was a factor; and those that weren't so serious would just game on their existing standard tablets & mobile phones. So, I still think that the market for a product like this is so tiny that it's almost insignificant - I'd be surprised if they managed to get any traction with this, and probably won't make up any return on investment.

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