Gaming is Top Activity on Tablets, Says Google

[exfileme]

Gaming is more popular on tablets than information hunting, emailing, and streaming movies on Netflix.

Gaming is Top Activity on Tablets, Says Google : Read more

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Gaming? Well, so much for improving productivity!

 

[bman9135]

There's no way tablets will ever replace PCs and gaming consoles.

 

[retrig]

"According to the survey, 84-percent of 1,430 respondents said they primarily use their tablet for gaming. 78-percent use their tablet to search for information and 74-percent use them primarily for reading email."

Does not compute.

 

[arael]

[citation][nom]retrig[/nom]"According to the survey, 84-percent of 1,430 respondents said they primarily use their tablet for gaming. 78-percent use their tablet to search for information and 74-percent use them primarily for reading email."Does not compute.[/citation]
Multiple choice ...

 

[kinggraves]

84 percent of respondents consider poking a screen to be a game.

I mean, even if you sync up a controller or physical keyboard and mouse, you're still playing on a 10 inch screen. Good for a cigarette break and nothing more.

 

[dsdsds]

And, 100% of tablet owners use it to read articles like this.

 

[ericburnby]

93% of haters will still pretend they don't care while still reading the article before posting anyway.

 

[Guest]

84-percent of 1,430 respondents said they primarily use their tablet for gaming.

82-percent of those surveyed by AdMod said they primarily use their tablet at home-- 11-percent use the tablet on the go and 7-percent use the tablet in the office.

So... around 83% of people who buy tablets prefer them for gaming over consoles/pc's???




AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[mman74]

Right Google - so what are you going to do about it?
The Marketplace games are still behind the Appstore and of the ones that are on both, many seem to run better on the iPad. Address this issue Google!

 

[jaksun5]

Basically what we knew all along... that all the stuff you do you your Iphone/Ipod was done starting 10 years ago on PocketPC and the only thing that's improved is the 'experience' and the accessibility to non techies.

Basically why my android phone is back in the box and my old WinMo HTC is still in use. The Ipad is an expensive toy.

 

[ollieg]

As retrig says "Does Not Compute".

Please correct the article. People replied to this question during the survey "Select all the ways in which you use your tablet" not "primarily use your tablet".

http/services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/AdMob%20-%20Tablet%20Survey.pdf

 

[lucky015]

One step closer to proving tablets are just a novelty.

 

[ollieg]

Lucky015 (or somebody), I'm trying to understand what people are saying when they describe tablets as a temporary form factor. Of course everything is temporary - even the "desktop" personal computer will eventually be replaced by something else, it's just a matter of time.

I think about the Sony Walkman. It spurred the market for portable electronic devices and is no longer sold. I'd never call it a "fad". It was simply a product limited by the state of technology and when a smaller mobile technology came along it was replaced.

To me tablets are just another form of mobile electronics that will eventually be replaced by some sort of computing device (maybe an iRibbonDisplay or something), but that replacement will come as a result of technological advancement.

It sounds to me like you use "novelty" to imply tablet owners will soon be bored with the form factor and stop using/buying them, preferring the desktop laptop.

I really don't see a single shred of evidence in any statistic supporting this supposition, yet it's constantly repeated. ????

 

[Griffolion]

No wonder Apple are hiring game industry PR guru's.

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

Well you won't see me using these tablets,nor will I use those laptops either...Eye strain is the main reason with others to boot...

 

[icemunk]

100% of users there tablets for porn

 

[virtualban]

[citation][nom]bestbatteryshops[/nom]...[/citation]
The cited message that I decided not to replicate sounds very very much like spam, but it's of the "non obvious" type.

It would be an impossible task for moderators alone to filter out the new improved spam systems. That comment can't even be read diagonally to determine it at a glance.

And with chat bot AIs that take content from other humans and reply to other humans, the spam fight is going to be a loosing battle, unless the readers community helps.

http/feedbacks.tomshardware.com/forums/14581-site-forum-ideas/suggestions/1687631-readers-helping-fighting-spam

 

[candrwhite]

"Gaming is Top Activity on Tablets"

Well DUH.... You didn't think people were doing actual work on their over-sized iPods did you?

 

[reggieray]

From the number of spams I would say Tom's has been had by a BOT.